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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
隹 糸 ⿰糹隹
Mandarin
wei2, yong1
English
Definitions
to maintain; to preserve; dimension; to hold together; safeguard
Mnemonic
Relating to things that are tied 糸
Etymology
Notes
Original meaning was to tie