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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韦, the simplified counterpart of traditional 韋, is a noun and radical denoting tanned or softened leather, distinguishing it from raw animal hides. The traditional structure graphically depicted two feet moving in opposite directions around a central square, representing city walls, and originally conveyed the meaning "to surround". The "leather" sense arose through phonetic loan. The simplified form 韦 reduces the complex strokes of the traditional version into a more streamlined shape while keeping identical phonetic and semantic properties. It is frequently employed as a fundamental building block in complex characters related to leather goods, flexible materials, and items that require sturdy yet pliable bindings.
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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。
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