蔚
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Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent; impressive
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,085 U+851A
How 蔚 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 尉 (phonetic, wèi)
How to remember it
luxuriant · Heisig RSH #2164
flower + Cardinal Richelieu
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尉
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尉 (wèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尉 sound component | wèi | officer, military rank |
| 慰 | wèi | to calm, to comfort, to reassure |
| 熨 | yùn | to press, to iron; an iron |
Words containing 蔚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔚然成风 | wèi rán chéng fēng | to have become common practice (idiom); to become a general trend |
| 蔚为大观 | wèi wéi dà guān | to afford a magnificent sight (idiom); enchanting |
| 蔚为壮观 | wèi wéi zhuàng guān | see 蔚為大觀|蔚为大观[wei4 wei2 da4 guan1] |
| 蔚县 | Yù Xiàn | Yu County or Yuxian, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 蔚成 | wèi chéng | to afford (a magnificent view etc); to become (a prevailing fashion etc) |
| 蔚为 | wèi wéi | see 蔚成[wei4 cheng2] |
| 蔚起 | wèi qǐ | (literary) to mushroom; to flourish |
| 蔚蓝 | wèi lán | azure; sky-blue |
| 炳蔚 | bǐng wèi | splendid (of writing style) |
| 彬蔚 | bīn wèi | erudite and refined |