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Seal font (Chongxi):

Mandarin: wéi

Sino-Vietnamese:

Japanese:(i) ; カイ (kai) ; エ (e) ; そむく (somuku) ; なめしがわ (nameshigawa)

Korean: WI / 위

Unihan definition: tanned leather; surname; Kangxi radical 178

Variants: 𡙝 , 𡚈 , 𥀊 , 𥐄

Shuowen entry
相背也。从舛囗聲。獸皮之韋,可以束枉戾相韋背,故借以爲皮韋。凡韋之屬皆从韋。

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