Character Contained In References Comments
 Simplified  Traditional  Ancient forms  Archaic forms
   traditional formhandwritten form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
wei4, wei2, wei2wei4
English
Definitions
for; to be; because of; act as; take...to be; to do; to become; to serve as; to; act; as; govern; handle; in order
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: originally an animal nearly identical to elephant with a hand on its snout; in the seal version the head has been misinterpreted as breasts of a female monkey