Radical 178

韋 韦
177 ⾰ ◄	178	► ⾲ 179
Pinyin :	wéi (= leather)
Zhuyin :	ㄨ ㄟ ˊ
Hiragana :	な め し が わ nameshigawa
Kanji :	鞣 革 nameshigawa
Hangul :	가죽
Sinocorean :	위 ui
Codepoint :	U + 97CB 97E6
Stroke sequence :

Radical 178 , meaning “tanned leather ”, is one of 11 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with nine strokes.

With 11 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are relatively few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The character developed from the pictorial representation of two people pulling a round object apart. It can be concluded from this that a tanned hide is spreading. In the seal script form, the sign has a foot each at the top and bottom and a circular frame in the middle. Even earlier, four feet could be seen around the circular frame.

Because of its pronunciation white, 韦 was later borrowed for the word leather ( 皮韦 ). In the compound symbol, 韦 often functions as a sound carrier as in 违 (= to contradict ), 围 (= to include), 闱 (= side portal of an imperial palace), 讳 (= avoid doing something as a taboo). As a bearer of meaning, 韦 creates a connection to leather as in 韧 (= resistant), 韬 (= sword pouch ).

Write variant of the radical 178: Abbreviation (PRC): 韦 . With 韋 character connections from U + 97CB to 韥 U + 97E5 are coded, then with 韦 from U + 97E6 to 韬 U + 97EC.

Character compounds ruled by radical 178

Strokes	character
+ 00	韋	韦
+ 03	韌	韧
+ 04	䪏
+ 05	䪐 䪑 䪒 䪓 韍 韎	韨
+ 06	韏 韐 韑
+ 07	䪔 韒
+ 08	䪕 韓 韔 韕	韩
+ 09	䪖 䪗 䪘 韖 韗 韘 韙 韚	韪 韫
+10	䪙 䪚 韜 韝 韞 韟	韬
+11	韛 韠
+12	䪛 韡 韢
+13	䪜 韣
+14	䪝
+15	韤 韥

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 178 is coded under the code point number 12.209 (U + 2FB1).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 179 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 178  - Graphic representations of Radikal 178

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 178 on pages 57 and 145