Chinese Word: 韪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

韪 (Trad.: 韙)

Pinyin: wěi

English Definition: correct; right

Chinese Definition:
①是，对(常和否定词连用)：冒天下之大不韪。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 韋

Pictophonetic:韦 indicates the sound; 是 (right) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 是 [ shì ] to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 韦 [ wéi ] tanned leather; surname

Similar Characters: 尟

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Stroke order image for Chinese character 韪

冒大不韪	mào dà bù wěi	to face opprobrium (idiom)
冒天下之大不韪	mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wěi	see 冒大不韪
丁韪良	dīng wěi liáng	William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
不韪	bù wěi	fault; error
大不韪	dà bù wěi	great error; heinous crime