魏
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tower over a palace gateway (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 鬼 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 魏
- Common rank
- #2,062
- Unicode
- U+9B4F
Formation & memory
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Words with 魏
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿育魏实 | seed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici | |
| 魏格纳 | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the t… | |
| 魏伯阳 | Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist | |
| 魏晋南北朝 | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han a… | |
| 魏都区 | Weidu, a district of Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan | |
| 魏京生 | Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997… | |
| 魏文帝 | Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226 | |
| 魏县 | Wei County or Weixian, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 魏国 | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei … | |
| 西魏 | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the No… | |
| 东魏 | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the No… | |
| 阿魏 | Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae | |
| 后魏 | Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 | |
| 魏书 | History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2… | |
| 北魏 | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 | |
| 魏收 | Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler … | |
| 魏源 | Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar | |
| 魏都 | see 魏都區|魏都区[Wei4 du1 Qu1] | |
| 魏德迈 | Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander | |
| 魏征 | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of Histo… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 委 — compare how they read.