魏

wéi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) standing alone
  2. alternative form of 巍 (wéi, “towering”)
  3. standing alone

Wiktionary

Homographs

魏 Wèi
  1. surname Wei
  2. name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
  3. Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty
  4. the Wei dynasty 221–265
  5. Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
魏 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old)

Containing this entry

魏晋 Wèi-Jìn
西魏 Xīwèi
东魏 Dōngwèi
北魏 Běiwèi
魏恩海姆 Wèi'ēnhǎimǔ
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