Definitions
(noun)
soft leather
(noun)
tanned leather
Etymology
Simplified form of 韋. Pictograph of feet walking around city walls. The character is based on the original meaning "to surround". The "leather" meaning is a phonetic loan.
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The character 韦, with its traditional form 韋, etymologically stems from an ideogram representing feet moving around an enclosure, conveying a sense of circumvention or opposition. Structurally, 韋 is composed of 舛, denoting opposed feet, and 口, symbolizing a bounded area, while the simplified 韦 reduces this to a single graphical unit. Historically, the character denoted tanned animal hide, referencing leather's pliable nature and its use in items such as armor and book bindings. Its meaning later extended to function as a surname and appear in compounds related to leather goods, with the earlier connotation of defiance becoming largely obsolete in contemporary usage.
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韦老师教我们数学。
韦恩来自美国。
昨天韦经理开会了。
韦小姐在图书馆工作。
韦工程师设计了一座新桥。
如果韦教授同意，我们就开始实验。
韦队长鼓励大家加油。
尽管韦顾问提出了建议，但项目还是被推迟了。