蔚

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Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent; impressive

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “grass” + 尉 sound ( wèi )

Components 艹尉

luxuriant · Heisig RSH #2164

flower + Cardinal Richelieu

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
蔚然成风	wèi rán chéng fēng	to have become common practice (idiom); to become a general trend
蔚为大观	wèi wéi dà guān	to afford a magnificent sight (idiom); enchanting
蔚为壮观	wèi wéi zhuàng guān	see 蔚為大觀\|蔚为大观[wei4 wei2 da4 guan1]
蔚县	Yù Xiàn	Yu County or Yuxian, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市\|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei
蔚成	wèi chéng	to afford (a magnificent view etc); to become (a prevailing fashion etc)
蔚为	wèi wéi	see 蔚成[wei4 cheng2]
蔚起	wèi qǐ	(literary) to mushroom; to flourish
蔚蓝	wèi lán	azure; sky-blue
炳蔚	bǐng wèi	splendid (of writing style)
彬蔚	bīn wèi	erudite and refined

Characters sharing the sound component 尉 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尉 sound part	wèi	officer, military rank
慰	wèi	to calm, to comfort, to reassure
熨	yùn	to press, to iron; an iron