"魏" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 18
Structure
Decomp. 禾女甶儿厶
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Prononciation
Mandarin wèi
Entry Methods
Pinyin wei4
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HVHUI
竹女竹山戈
Sijiao 2641.3
Wubi TVRC
CNS 11643 1-777B
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+9B4F
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BIG5 C351
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 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old)
Results beginning with 魏
 Wèi Jìn Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
 Wèi guó Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 / (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
 Wèi Zhēng Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
 Wèi shū History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls
 Wèi Yuán Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
 Wèi Wēi Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 / about the Korean war
 Wèi dū Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan
 Wèi mǎ Weimar
 Wèi Shōu Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1]
 Wèi xiàn Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
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 Wèi Wén dì Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
 wèi bó yáng Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist
 wèi dào míng Wey
 Wèi dé mài Wedemeyer (name) / Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
 Wèi dū qū Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan
 Wèi gé nà Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
 wèi huá cún Wei
 Wèi Jīng shēng Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
 wèi mǎ xiàn fǎ Weimar
 Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
Approximate Results for 魏
 Běi Wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 / branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
 Cáo Wèi 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
西 Xī Wèi Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
 Dōng Wèi Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
 ā wèi Ferula resin (used in TCM) / Resina Ferulae
 Hòu Wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
 Tuò bá Wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
 wéi Wèi jiù Zhào lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
 ā yù wèi shí seed of ajwain / Semen Trachyspermi coptici
 hàn mò wèi chū late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
 Hàn mò Wèi chū late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
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