魏
tower over a palace gateway (old)
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,062 U+9B4F
How 魏 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鬼 (semantic, “ghost”) + 委 (phonetic, wěi)
How to remember it
Wei · Heisig RSH #3008
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 委
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 委 (wěi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委 sound component | wěi | to appoint, to commission, to send |
| 矮 | ǎi | short, low; dwarf |
| 萎 | wěi | to wither, to wilt |
| 倭 | wō | dwarf; dwarfish, short |
| 诿 | wěi | to shirk, to pass the buck, to make excuses |
| 痿 | wěi | paralysis; impotence |
| 逶 | wēi | winding, curving; to swagger |
Words containing 魏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿育魏实 | ā yù wèi shí | seed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici |
| 魏格纳 | Wèi gé nà | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the t… |
| 魏伯阳 | Wèi Bó yáng | Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist |
| 魏晋南北朝 | Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han a… |
| 魏都区 | Wèi dū Qū | Weidu, a district of Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 魏京生 | Wèi Jīng shēng | Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997… |
| 魏文帝 | Wèi Wén dì | Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226 |
| 魏县 | Wèi Xiàn | Wei County or Weixian, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 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; Wei … |
| 西魏 | Xī Wèi | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the No… |
| 东魏 | Dōng Wèi | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the No… |
| 阿魏 | ā wèi | Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae |
| 后魏 | Hòu Wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
| 魏书 | Wèi shū | History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2… |
| 北魏 | Běi Wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 |
| 魏收 | Wèi Shōu | Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler … |
| 魏源 | Wèi Yuán | Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar |
| 魏都 | Wèi dū | see 魏都區|魏都区[Wei4 du1 Qu1] |
| 魏德迈 | Wèi dé mài | Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander |
| 魏征 | Wèi Zhēng | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of Histo… |