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Kanji Detail for 魏 - "high, wei state, wei dynasty"
魏
- Meaning
魏 means "high, wei state, wei dynasty."
High - Tall and grand.
Wei state - A state during the Warring States period; one of the Seven Warring States.
Wei dynasty - A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period founded by Cao Pi.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
high; large; Kingdom of Wei
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
kingdom of Wei; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
the kingdom of Wei; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
High. Originally written as 巍. | A state name. At the beginning of the Warring States period, Wei Si, a minister of Jin, divided Jin's territory with the Han and Zhao clans. The state was called Wei. It encompassed the northern part of present-day Henan and the southwestern part of Shanxi. Later conquered by Qin. | A dynasty name. Cao Pi received abdication from the Eastern Han emperor and became emperor. The state was called Wei (220 CE). There were five rulers over forty-six years, then abdication to Jin. During the Eastern Jin, Tuoba Gui proclaimed himself emperor. The state was called Wei. Later divided into Eastern and Western Wei. Eastern Wei abdicated to Northern Qi. Western Wei abdicated to Northern Zhou. There were sixteen rulers over one hundred seventy-two years.
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