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Mythic Mandarin

精卫 (Jīng wèi): meaning and stroke order

精卫 (Jīng wèi) means mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃 of Fiery Emperor 炎帝.

精卫

Simplified
精卫
Traditional
精衛
Pinyin
Jīng wèi

Stroke order of 精卫

精

  • jīng essence; extract
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

卫

  • Wèi surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
  • wèi to guard; to protect
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 衛

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 精卫

  1. Jīng wèi Traditional 精衛
    • mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4]

Radicals of the characters

精
Radical 米 (Kangxi radical 119) · 14 strokes · 米 on the left, 青 on the right
卫
Radical 卩 (Kangxi radical 26) · 3 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

精卫 in our stories

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  • 书里说，有一座发鸠山，山上住着一种小鸟，头上有花纹，嘴是白的，脚是红的，叫起来像在喊自己的名字：“精卫！精卫！”

    shū lǐ shuō yǒu yí zuò Fājiū Shān shān shàng zhù zhe yì zhǒng xiǎo niǎo tóu shàng yǒu huāwén zuǐ shì bái de jiǎo shì hóng de jiào qǐlai xiàng zài hǎn zìjǐ de míngzi Jīngwèi Jīngwèi

    It says that on Mount Fajiu there lives a small bird with a patterned head, a white beak and red feet, whose cry sounds as if it is calling its own name: "Jingwei! Jingwei!"

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 精卫

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).