萎 wēi to wither
to wither; to wilt
怎么记住“萎”: 艹 grass + 委 entrust = to wither. Before the holidays he decides to entrust the grass to his teenage son, and within a week it begins to wither.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
萎 = 艹 grass + 委 entrust
- 艹 grass meaning
- 委 entrust sound
Before the holidays he decides to entrust the grass to his teenage son, and within a week it begins to wither.
How it came to be
Grass gives the meaning and the sign for entrusting the sound.
用法
- 'To wither/wilt': 枯萎 (kūwěi) for plants drying up, and figuratively 萎缩 (wěisuō) to atrophy or shrink, used of muscles (肌肉萎缩), the economy (经济萎缩), or markets.
- 萎缩 implies a decline from a fuller former state, not mere smallness: a shrinking, shriveling process.