萎
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to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
wilt · Heisig RSH #2022
flower + 委 committee
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 萎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌肉萎缩症 | muscular dystrophy | |
| 哲人其萎 | a wise man has passed away (idiom) | |
| 阳萎 | variant of 陽痿|阳痿[yang2 wei3] | |
| 萎靡不振 | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast | |
| 枯萎病 | blight | |
| 萎叶 | betel | |
| 萎缩 | to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) | |
| 枯萎 | to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted | |
| 颓萎 | listless; dispirited | |
| 萎靡 | listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing | |
| 萎蕤 | angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 委 — compare how they read.