wèi
kingdom of Wei
Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.
wèi
kingdom of Wei; surname; tower over a palace gateway (old)
Wèi
surname Wei; name of vassal state of 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 and Wei county at different historical periods
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
surname Wei | ||
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 | ||
Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties | ||
Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms | ||
Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming |
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-qʰuj | ngjw+j | wéi | high, majestic |
*N-qʰuj-s | ngjw+jH | wèi | high |
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.6087% of movies
3119th most common character in movies
1648th most common character in books
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+9B4F |
