Chinese–English

魏

wèi · wei/Wèi · wei

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Meaning

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wèi 魏

  1. tower over a palace gateway (old)

Wèi 魏

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

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