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魏

wèi
wèispelled as ui · 4th tone — spelling rules
tower over a palace gateway (old)
Radical: 鬼 Strokes: 17
Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Less common
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Character Decomposition
魏=委+鬼
Etymology
ghost
Meanings
tower over a palace gateway (old)
wèi
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, 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
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Words with 魏 96 total
Idioms with 魏 15 total Chain