魏

Radical: 鬼

meaning for 魏 wèi:

  • - tower over a palace gateway (old)
  • - surname Wei
  • - name of vassal state of 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 and Wei county at different historical periodsWei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑 Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 lit. to besiege 魏 (idiom)
  • - fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegersWei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534