Usage of the character 魏
Wèi
魏
[魏]
- surname Wei
- 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 ( Cáo Cāo), one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty
- the Wei dynasty 221-265
- Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
wèi
魏
[魏]
- tower over a palace gateway (old)
āwèi
阿魏
[阿魏]
- Ferula resin (used in TCM)
- Resina Ferulae
Wèi Jìn
魏晋
[魏晉]
- Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
Wèishū
魏书
[魏書]
- History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 ( Wèi Shōu) in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊／北齐 ( Běi Qí), 114 scrolls
Cáo Wèi
曹魏
[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
Wèi Zhēng
魏征
[魏徵]
- Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書／隋书
Wèi Shōu
魏收
[魏收]
- Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊／北齐 ( Běi Qí), compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書／魏书 ( Wèishū)
Xī Wèi
西魏
[西魏]
- Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
Běi Wèi
北魏
[北魏]
- Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑／鲜卑
Wèiguó
魏国
[魏國]
- 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
Hòu Wèi
后魏
[後魏]
- Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
Dōng Wèi
东魏
[東魏]
- Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
Wèi Wēi
魏巍
[魏巍]
- Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方／东方 ( Dongfāng) about the Korean war
Wèi Yuán
魏源
[魏源]
- Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
Wèimǎ
魏玛
[魏瑪]
- Weimar
Wèidū
魏都
[魏都]
- Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市／许昌市 ( Xǔchāngshì), Henan
Wèixiàn
魏县
[魏縣]
- Wei county in Handan 邯鄲／邯郸 ( Hándān), Hebei
Tuòbá Wèi
拓跋魏
[拓跋魏]
- Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
Wèidémài
魏德迈
[魏德邁]
- Wedemeyer (name)
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
Wèi Zhōngxián
魏忠贤
[魏忠賢]
- Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
Wèi Jīngshēng
魏京生
[魏京生]
- Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
Wèigénà
魏格纳
[魏格納]
- Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
Wèidūqū
魏都区
[魏都區]
- Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市／许昌市 ( Xǔchāngshì), Henan
Wèi Wéndì
魏文帝
[魏文帝]
- Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
Wèi Bóyáng
魏伯阳
[魏伯陽]
- Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist
āyùwèishí
阿育魏实
[阿育魏實]
- seed of ajwain
- Semen Trachyspermi coptici
wéi Wèijiù Zhào
围魏救赵
[圍魏救趙]
- lit. to besiege 魏 ( Wèi) and rescue 趙／赵 ( Zhào) (idiom)
- fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
Hànmò Wèichū
汉末魏初
[漢末魏初]
- late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo
魏晋南北朝
[魏晉南北朝]
- Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties
- generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui