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魏
Wèi
1. surname Wei
2. name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
3. Wei state, founded by Cao Cao [[曹操]], one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han
4. the Wei dynasty 221-265
5. Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 18 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

魏
wèi
the kingdom of Wei; surname
17 丶

Compound Words (20)

北魏
BěiWèi
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba [[拓跋]] branch of Xianbei [[鮮卑|鲜卑]]
西魏
XīWèi
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties [[北魏]]
阿魏
āwèi
Ferula resin (used in TCM)
魏国
Wèiguó
Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States [[戰國七雄|战国七雄]]
魏巍
WèiWēi
Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East [[東方|东方]] about the Korean war
魏征
WèiZhēng
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty [[隋書|隋书]]
魏收
WèiShōu
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi [[北齊|北齐<BěiQí>]], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties [[魏書|魏书<Wèishū>]]
魏晋
WèiJìn
Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
魏书
Wèishū
History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories [[二十四史<ÈrshísìShǐ>]], compiled by Wei Shou [[魏收<WèiShōu>]] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty [[北齊|北齐<BěiQí>]], 114 scrolls
魏源
WèiYuán
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
魏玛
Wèimǎ
Weimar
魏县
Wèixiàn
Wei county in Handan [[邯鄲|邯郸<Hándān>]], Hebei
魏都
Wèidū
Weidu district of Xuchang city [[許昌市|许昌市<Xǔchāngshì>]], Henan
后魏
HòuWèi
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
曹魏
CáoWèi
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi [[曹丕]], son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
东魏
DōngWèi
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties [[北魏]]
魏文帝
WèiWéndì
Cao Pi [[曹丕]], emperor of Wei 220-226
魏格纳
Wèigénà
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
拓跋魏
TuòbáWèi
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
魏忠贤
WèiZhōngxián
Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

Alternate Entries

魏
wèi
tower over a palace gateway (old)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,647
Word Frequency Rank
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