魏 (wèi): 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, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty, the Wei dynasty 221–265
魏 (wèi) is a Chinese character meaning “name of a vassal state of the zhou dynasty from 661 bc in shanxi, one of the seven hero warring states.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 委 (phonetic) and 鬼 (semantic). It ranks #1637 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 魏 ghost. Its radical form 鬼 (ghost) appears in many related characters such as 鬼 (guǐ, disembodied spirit), 魁 (kuí, chief), 魂 (hún, soul).
Definitions
- 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, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty
- the Wei dynasty 221–265
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魏玛 | wèi mǎ | Weimar, Germany |
| 魏都区 | wèi dū qū | Weidu, a district of Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 阿育魏实 | ā yù wèi shí | seed of ajwain |
| 魏文帝 | wèi wén dì | Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226 |
| 魏京生 | wèi jīng shēng | Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 |
| 魏格纳 | wèi gé nà | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift |
| 后魏 | hòu wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
| 魏都 | wèi dū | see 魏都區|魏都区[Wei4 du1 Qu1] |
| 魏国 | 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 |
| 魏晋南北朝 | wèi jìn nán běi cháo | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties |
| 西魏 | xī wèi | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| 东魏 | dōng wèi | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| 汉末魏初 | hàn mò wèi chū | late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) |
| 魏收 | 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 No... |
| 魏书 | 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... |
魏 appears in 28 compound words: 64 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 魏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
了解魏字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè wèi zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "魏" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
魏哲家:半导体技术成就机器人
wèi zhé jiā : bàn dǎo tǐ jì shù chéng jiù jī qì rén
Wei Zhejia: Semiconductor Technology Powers Robotics
魏哲家:台积制造95%机器人大脑 长照是下...
wèi zhé jiā : tái jī zhì zào 9 5 jī qì rén dà nǎo cháng zhào shì xià . . .
Wei Zhejia: TSMC Manufactures 95% of Robot "Brains"; Long-Term Care Is the Next...
中国机器人跳来跳去“好看头而已”!魏哲家:大脑 95% 台积电制造
zhōng guó jī qì rén tiào lái tiào qù hǎo kàn tóu ér yǐ ! wèi zhé jiā : dà nǎo 9 5 tái jī diàn zhì zào
Chinese robots jumping around are "just for show"! Wei Zhejia: 95% of their brains are manufactured by TSMC
军队代表委员风采录丨魏玉英:打好每一场生命保卫战
jūn duì dài biǎo wěi yuán fēng cǎi lù 丨 wèi yù yīng : dǎ hǎo měi yī chǎng shēng mìng bǎo wèi zhàn
Military representative and member demeanor丨Wei Yuying: Fight every battle to defend life
拉曼理工大学创校57周年 魏家祥:秉持“超越教育”理念栽培社会栋梁
lā 曼 lǐ gōng dà xué chuàng jiào 5 7 zhōu nián wèi jiā xiáng : bǐng chí chāo yuè jiào yù lǐ niàn zāi péi shè huì dòng liáng
Wei Jiaxiang, 57th anniversary of the founding of Technological University of Technology, Wei Jiaxiang: Adhering to the concept of "beyond education" to cultivate social pillars
魏公村地铁站有3个出口。
Wèi gōng cūn dìtiězhàn yǒu 3 gè chūkǒu.
Weigongcun subway station has three exits.
Character Family
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