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維

maintain, preserve

維 is composed of 糸 and 隹, represents a bird is tied with string. A bird cannot fly away if it is tied with string, so 維 has the meaning of keeping or connecting.

Vocabulary of 維

  • 維持 (to maintain)
  • 維修 (to repair)
  • 維繫 (to link with)

Classification

  • Radical: 糸
  • Etyma: 糸

Related Characters:

6糸
silk
7系connect9紇knot9紅red9紀record9紉
sew
10紙paper10紐buckle10紗muslin10荅pea10紋mark10紊chaotic11累accumulate11組compose11紹continue11終end12絳purple-red12絲
silk
12給give12絞entangle13經undergo13綑bundle14縈wind around14綻burst open14綰bind up14網net14維maintain14緊tight14綴link14綸classify14絕
break
14綵silk fabrics14綣
twisted
15緞satin15緻delicate15緯horizontal15緩defer15緘close16縊strangle16縝cautious16縞
white silk
17縱release17縫sew18繞coil19繹interpret19繯noose19繫tie19繪draw20纂compile20繼
continue
21纍bind23纓tassel
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