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Wèi

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Wèi
  1. 1.surname Wei
  2. 2.name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
  3. 3.Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cáo Cāo], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty
  4. 4.the Wei dynasty 221–265
  5. 5.Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
wèi
  1. 1.tower over a palace gateway (old)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.palace watchtower
  2. 2.(～國) State of Wei during the Warring States period
  3. 3.(～國) Cao Wei, one of the three major states in the Three Kingdoms period
  4. 4.(～朝) any of the dynasties of Northern Wei, Eastern Wei or Western Wei
  5. 5.a surname
  6. 6.standing alone

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋɡuls): phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ). ;high ;name of Zhou's vassal state

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Components

魏委鬼

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Synonyms

梁梁國魏國魏国

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Derived terms

不知有漢，何論魏晉 / 不知有汉，何论魏晋丙魏冉魏北魏圍魏救趙围魏救赵姚黃魏紫姚黄魏紫後魏后魏心在魏闕心在魏阙心存魏闕心存魏阙心瞻魏闕心瞻魏阙心馳魏闕心驰魏阙曹魏東魏东魏漢魏風骨汉魏风骨熟魏生張熟魏生张生張熟魏生张熟魏西魏阿魏阿魏化痞膏

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Related words

魏巍 Wei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 东方[Dōng fāng] about the Korean war魏收 Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齐[Běi Qí], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏书[Wèi shū]魏晋 Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties魏都 see 魏都区[Wèi dū Qū]魏国 Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄阿魏 Ferula resin (used in TCM)西魏 Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏魏源 Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar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魏征 Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋书东魏 Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏北魏 Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑