| 韋 | ||
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| 韋 (U+97CB) "tanned leather" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | wéi | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄨㄟˊ | |
| Wade–Giles: | wei2 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | wai4 | |
| Jyutping: | wai4, wai5 | |
| Japanese Kana: | イ i (on'yomi) なめしがわ nameshigawa (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 위 wi | |
| Hán-Việt: | vi, vy | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 韋字旁/韦字旁 wéizìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | なめしがわ nameshigawa | |
| Hangul: | 다룸가죽 darumgajuk | |
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Radical 178 or radical tanned leather (韋部) meaning "tanned leather" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 100 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
韦, the simplified form of 韋, is the 63rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form 韋 is listed as its associated indexing component.