The pronunciation of Wei is wéi.
Detailed explanation:
(1) Cooked leather, leather that has been stripped and cured.
The power of animal skin can be used in vain. Violence goes against the grain, so I call it Piwei. When pressed, it is called Wei when it is cooked, and it is called Ge when it is raw. ——Zhu Junsheng's "Shuowen Tongxun Dingsheng"
Wei means soft skin. ——"Zi Lin"
(2) Another example: Wei Bian (ancient title. Leather hat); Wei Rou (weak character); Wei Dai (with Wei skin as a belt, no decoration, ancient times) Clothes for those who are not in official positions); Wei Shang (clothes made of cooked leather).
(3) Leather rope.
No need to wait for Wei Xian. ——"Preface to the Collection of Wang Wenxian". Note: "Wei means leather rope."
(4) Another example: Wei Bu (Wei wears cloth; refers to ordinary people); Wei Xian (leather rope and bow string. The former is flexible and the latter is strong Straight, a metaphor for urgency. Also a metaphor for admonishment and correction); Wei Bian (in ancient times, bamboo abbreviations were used to write books, and then they were connected with Wei skin, which was called Wei Bian. Later generations used it as a general name for ancient books).
The meaning of Wei in the Kangxi Dictionary:
Weixu concentrated the strokes of Kangxi in Weibu: 9 strokes, and the strokes outside the ministry: 0 strokes.
[Ancient Prose] "Tang Yun" Yu Feiqie "Ji Yun" "Yun Hui" Yu Feiqie, sound curtain. "Shuowen" contradicts it. From his mouth. The Wei of animal skin can be used to bind the back of a ruthless person, so it is called the Wei of skin. "Guangyun" soft skin. In the 33rd year of Zuo Zhuan Xi's reign, Wei Xian was selected. "Shu" Chengwei, Siwei also.
"Zhou Lichun's official uniforms" Wei Bian's uniforms were used in all military affairs. "Rituals and Betrothal Gifts" Your envoy, Wei Bian. "Note" Wei Bian, Wei Wei's Bian. "Historical Records of Confucius' Family" is easy to read and compiled by Wei. In "Chu Ci Buju", the protruding ladder is funny, as fat as Wei, and it is almost full.
There is also "Song of Suburban Sacrifice in the Pre-Han Dynasty" by Yi Wei Xiangzhao. "Note" Shigu said: Yiwei is harmonious and does not deviate from each other.