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Traditional form:

Pinyin (reading):

Wèi

Definitions:

  • 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

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