餵 meaning and stroke order
To feed, to raise
How to write 餵, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 餵
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to feed
How 餵 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
飠 gives the meaning and 畏 hints at the sound.
Radical: 飠 (food), shared by 44 characters on this site.
How to remember 餵
On the left is 飠, the food side, and on the right is 畏 (wèi), which gives the sound. Picture holding out food to a timid, fearful (畏) animal so it will come and eat.
餵 is the traditional form of 喂, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and it means to feed a person or animal. It appears in words like 餵養 (wèiyǎng) and 餵奶 (wèinǎi). Example: 我每天早上餵貓。(Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang wèi māo.) I feed the cat every morning.
Common mistake: Learners mix up 餵 with 喂 used as the phone greeting "hello" (wéi or wèi). In traditional writing, that greeting is written 喂 with the mouth radical, not 餵. Use 餵 only for feeding.
Common words with 餵
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 餵
How many strokes are in 餵?
餵 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 餵 mean?
餵 (wèi) means to feed, to raise. A common word with it is 喂养 (wèiyǎng), meaning "to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep".
How do you pronounce 餵?
餵 is pronounced wèi, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 餵?
The radical of 餵 is 飠, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 餵 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 餵?
餵 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 喂, used in mainland China and Singapore.
How do you say feed the baby with 餵?
Say 餵寶寶 (wèi bǎobao) or 餵孩子吃飯 (wèi háizi chīfàn). For breastfeeding or bottle feeding milk, use 餵奶 (wèinǎi).
Can 餵 take the food as its object?
Yes. You can say 餵狗吃肉 (wèi gǒu chī ròu), feed the dog meat, putting the eater first and then 吃 plus the food. 餵食 (wèishí) is a more formal word for feeding, often seen on signs at zoos.