危

danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,078 U+5371

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 㔾 at the edge of a cliff 厃; 厃 also provides the pronunciation

components: 厃㔾

danger · Heisig RSH #1123

bound up + cliff + fingerprint

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 危 as their sound component

These characters all use 危 (wēi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
危 sound component	wēi	dangerous, precarious; high
诡	guǐ	to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
跪	guì	to kneel
桅	wéi	a ship's mast

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
危地马拉人	Wēi dì mǎ lā rén	Guatemalan (person)
危地马拉	Wēi dì mǎ lā	Guatemala
危重病人	wēi zhòng bìng rén	critically ill patient
信用危机	xìn yòng wēi jī	credit crisis
转危为安	zhuǎn wēi wéi ān	to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
能源危机	néng yuán wēi jī	energy crisis
道高益安，势高益危	dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi	More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's dange…
力尽神危	lì jìn shén wēi	(idiom) physically and mentally exhausted
经济危机	jīng jì wēi jī	economic crisis
危机感	wēi jī gǎn	sense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability (often actively cultivat…
居安思危	jū ān sī wēi	to think of danger in times of safety; to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
生命危险	shēng mìng wēi xiǎn	risk to one's life
危如朝露	wēi rú zhāo lù	precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human exist…
临危受命	lín wēi shòu mìng	(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
危性	wēi xìng	risk
危机	wēi jī	crisis
危而不持	wēi ér bù chí	national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at sta…
安危	ān wēi	safety and danger; safety
乘人之危	chéng rén zhī wēi	to take advantage of sb's precarious position
金融危机	jīn róng wēi jī	financial crisis