Keyword
the kingdom of Wei
- surname
- Frequency
- #2111
- Strokes
- 17
Readings
wèi
Mnemonic
鬼 (ghost) gives the meaning and 委 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
魏
name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操 (CáoCāo), one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
魏
tower over a palace gateway (old)
北魏
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑
魏晋
Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
魏国
Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
东魏
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
魏忠贤
Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
魏玛
Weimar, Germany
西魏
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
曹魏
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
魏县
Wei County or Weixian, a county in Handan City 邯郸市 (HándānShì), Hebei
魏征
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋书
魏德迈
Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
魏源
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
魏巍
Wei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 东方 (Dōngfāng) about the Korean war
魏京生
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
魏文帝
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
后魏
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
魏格纳
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
魏收
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齐 (BěiQí), compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏书 (Wèishū)
魏书
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 北齐 (BěiQí), 114 scrolls
围魏救赵
lit. to besiege 魏 (Wèi) and rescue 赵 (Zhào) (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
魏都区
Weidu, a district of Xuchang City 许昌市 (XǔchāngShì), Henan
魏伯阳
Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist