wèi
魏 (wèi) is a Chinese word meaning “tower over a palace gateway (old)”.
Meanings
- 1tower over a palace gateway (old)
Related words
魏surname Wei魏玛Weimar, Germany围魏救赵lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)阿育魏实seed of ajwain阿魏Ferula resin (used in TCM)东魏Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏北魏Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑后魏Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534拓跋魏Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)曹魏Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265汉末魏初late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)西魏Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏