tanned leather

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph representing animal hide that has been processed and tanned. The early form in oracle-bone script depicts strands or wrapping, symbolizing the crafting process of leather.

Mnemonic: Remember tanned leather by its layered strokes stacked like rolled and processed hides.

• 韦wéi🔊

  soft leather

  4 strokes

• 韧rèn🔊

  variant of 韌|韧[ren4]

  7 strokes

• 韨fú🔊

  kneepad

  9 strokes

• 韩Hán🔊

  Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄

  12 strokes

• 韪wěi🔊

  correct

  13 strokes

• 韫yùn🔊

  contain

  13 strokes

• 韎mèi🔊

  a grass that gives red dye

  14 strokes

• 韬tāo🔊

  bow case or scabbard

  14 strokes

• 韖róu🔊

  tan, soften

  18 strokes