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We combine anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory(DFT)to examine the structures as well as the electronic and magnetic properties of VxSi12-(x=1,2,3)clusters.Our studies show that VSi12-adopts a V-centered hexagonal prism with a singlet spin state.Addition of the second V atom leads to a capped hexagonal antiprism for V2Si12-in a doublet spin state.Most interestingly,V3Si12-exhibits a ferrimagnetic bicapped hexagonal antiprism wheel-like structure with a total spin of 4 B and a HOMO-LUMO gap of 0.35 eV.The number of unpaired electrons in neutral and anionic V3Si12 cluster can be understood by the Wade-Mingos rules for polyhedral clusters.