帷 wéi curtain
curtain; screen; tent
How to remember 帷: 巾 towel + 隹 pigeon = curtain. In the school play, a towel falls from the stage lights and a real pigeon flies out from behind the red curtain.
Component breakdown
帷 = 巾 towel + 隹 pigeon
- 巾 towel
- 隹 pigeon
In the school play, a towel falls from the stage lights and a real pigeon flies out from behind the red curtain.
How it is used
- Literary; a curtain/tent, mainly in 帷幕 (wéimù) a heavy curtain (拉开帷幕 raise the curtain / begin) and 运筹帷幄 (yùnchóu-wéiwò) to plan strategy from within the command tent.
- Bound and formal.