伟

big; large; great

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,023 U+4F1F

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 (semantic, “person”) + 韦 (phonetic, wéi)

components: 亻韦

great · Heisig RSH #1229

人 person + briar patch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 韦

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 韦 (wéi) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
韦 sound component	wéi	tanned leather; surname
围	wéi	to surround, to encircle, to corral
违	wéi	to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
苇	wěi	reed
纬	wěi	warp and woof; lines of latitude
讳	huì	taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning
韪	wěi	right; proper; perpriety
闱	wéi	gate, door; living quarters
玮	wěi	a type of red jade; rare, valuable
帏	wéi	a curtain that forms a wall
炜	wěi	brilliant, glowing, red
祎	yī	excellent, rare; beautiful, fine

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
叶伟文	Yè Wěi wén	alias of 葉偉民\|叶伟民[Ye4 Wei3 min2]
叶伟民	Yè Wěi mín	Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
英伟达	Yīng wěi dá	NVIDIA, computer graphics card company
伟士牌	Wěi shì pái	Vespa (scooter)
居功至伟	jū gōng zhì wěi	see 厥功至偉\|厥功至伟[jue2 gong1 zhi4 wei3]
伟大	wěi dà	huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
大伟	Dà wěi	David (name)
伟人	wěi rén	great person
伟力	wěi lì	mighty force
伟器	wěi qì	great talent
伟业	wěi yè	exploit; great undertaking
杨利伟	Yáng Lì wěi	Yang Liwei (1965–), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space
气势宏伟	qì shì hóng wěi	imposing; majestic
奇伟	qí wěi	singular and majestic; strange and grand
伟观	wěi guān	magnificent vista; a wonder
伟晶岩	wěi jīng yán	pegmatite
宏伟区	Hóng wěi Qū	Hongwei, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市\|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
伟哥	Wěi gē	Viagra (male impotence drug)
伟举	wěi jǔ	great feat; splendid achievement
伟丽	wěi lì	magnificent; imposing and beautiful