苇
Tap the pinyin to hear it
(bound form) reed
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艸 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 葦
- Common rank
- #2,334
- Unicode
- U+82C7
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 苇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东方大苇莺 | (bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) | |
| 远东苇莺 | (bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum) | |
| 布氏苇莺 | (bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) | |
| 黑眉苇莺 | (bird species of China) black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) | |
| 大苇莺 | (bird species of China) great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) | |
| 噪大苇莺 | (bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) | |
| 厚嘴苇莺 | (bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Arundinax aedon) | |
| 细纹苇莺 | (bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus) | |
| 水蒲苇莺 | (bird species of China) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) | |
| 红颈苇鹀 | (bird species of China) ochre-rumped bunting; Japanese reed bunting (Emberiza yessoensis) | |
| 稻田苇莺 | (bird species of China) paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola) | |
| 芦苇莺 | (bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) | |
| 苇席 | reed mat | |
| 芦苇荡 | reedy wetland | |
| 钝翅苇莺 | (bird species of China) blunt-winged warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) | |
| 紫背苇鳽 | (bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) | |
| 小苇鳽 | (bird species of China) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) | |
| 芦苇 | reed | |
| 黄苇鳽 | (bird species of China) yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) | |
| 苇鹀 | (bird species of China) Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 韦 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韦 sound part | tanned leather; surname | |
| 围 | to surround, to encircle, to corral | |
| 违 | to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from | |
| 伟 | great, imposing; extraordinary | |
| 纬 | warp and woof; lines of latitude | |
| 讳 | taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning | |
| 韪 | right; proper; perpriety | |
| 闱 | gate, door; living quarters | |
| 玮 | a type of red jade; rare, valuable | |
| 帏 | a curtain that forms a wall | |
| 炜 | brilliant, glowing, red | |
| 祎 | excellent, rare; beautiful, fine |