緯 = 糹 + 韋

緯 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “woof”. It is built from 糹 (silk) and 韋 (tanned leather).

Keyword: woof
Pinyin (Mandarin): wěi
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: шерсть
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 緯 horizontal

Decomposition

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糹 silk
韋 tanned leather

How to find 緯 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “silk” + “tanned leather”. 緯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 緯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.