違
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wéi · to violate, to disobey, to defy

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12Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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辶Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 違

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Example sentences

Notice where 違 sits in each complete thought.

Nà wéi bèi le wǒ zuò rén de yuán zé.那違背了我做人的原則。

That runs against my principles.

Source: Tatoeba #535790 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā ràng wǒ wéi bèi le wǒ de yì yuàn.他讓我違背了我的意願。

He made me go against my will.

Source: Tatoeba #801963 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ zhī dào zhè shì wéi fǎ de, duì ba?你知道這是違法的,對吧?

You know this is illegal, don't you?

Source: Tatoeba #10303622 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bǎ jū tíng zài zhè lǐ shì wéi fǎ de.把車停在這裡是違法的。

It's illegal to park your car here.

Source: Tatoeba #890608 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén bù néng wéi bèi wǒ mén de chéng nuò.我們不能違背我們的承諾。

We must not break our promise.

Source: Tatoeba #795849 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà kě yǔ nǐ shuō nǐ huì zuò de xiāng wéi.那可與你說你會做的相違。

That's not what you said you'd do.

Source: Tatoeba #10530860 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 違 in context

  1. Say wéi, then recall the core meaning: to violate, to disobey, to defy.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 違 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.