桅

wéi
#3,551 most
frequent character
mast

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

桅 uses 木 wood as the meaning part and 危 wēi as the sound part. It first named a boat’s mast, a wooden pole. From that the meaning spread to a mast in general.

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Homophones

围wéi
enclose, surround, circle
为wéi
(preposition)
喂wéi
hello (when answering the phone)
维wéi
to preserve, to maintain
惟wéi
-ism, only
韦wéi
soft leather

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