U+7EF4 "维" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7EF4 "维" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as a verb meaning "to maintain," "to preserve," or "to hold together," and it also serves as a noun in words like "dimension" or "latitude" within mathematical and spatial contexts. As a radical component, it combines the silk radical (纟) on the left, suggesting threads or binding, with the phonetic component 隹 on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as "wéi" in Mandarin. This character is widely used in modern Chinese vocabulary, appearing in terms such as 维护 (wéihù, "to protect"), 思维 (sīwéi, "thought" or "thinking"), and 维持 (wéichí, "to sustain"), and it is also an integral part of the name of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang.