魏

魏 U+9B4F, 魏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4F ← 魎 [U+9B4E] CJK Unified Ideographs 魐 → [U+9B50]

Translingual

Han character

魏 (radical 194 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女竹山戈 (HVHUI), four-corner 2641₃, composition ⿰委鬼)

References

• KangXi: page 1462, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4434, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9B4F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		魏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
謉	tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰	kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀	kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱	kuːl
魁	kʰuːl
磈	kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊	kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬	ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣	ɡuːlʔ
廆	ɡuːlʔ
溾	ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝	ɡuːls, *krul
褢	ɡruːl
騩	krul, *kruls, *kul
愧	kruls
媿	kruls
聭	kruls
餽	ɡruls
鬼	kulʔ
魏	ŋɡuls
巍	ŋul
犩	ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶, ngai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngui
• Min Dong (BUC): ngôi
• Min Nan (POJ): gūi
• Wu (Wiktionary): ngue (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶, ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngaih, ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶, ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶, ngei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/, /ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngui
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngui⁴
    • IPA: /ŋu̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngôi
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋuɔi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gūi
    • Tâi-lô: guī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gui³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ngue (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɯe̞²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋʉi^H/▼

Rime
Character	魏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋujH/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*N-qʰuj/, /*N-qʰuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡuls/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	魏	魏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjwɨj ›	‹ ngjwɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰuj/	/*N-qʰuj-s/
English	high, majestic	high
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魏
Reading #	1/1
No.	4690
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	魏
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡuls/
Notes	說文段注巍省文

Definitions

魏

1. (historical) (～國) State of Wei during the Warring States period
2. (historical) (～國) Cao Wei, one of the three major states in the Three Kingdoms period
3. (historical) (～朝) any of the dynasties of Northern Wei, Eastern Wei or Western Wei
4. A surname​.

Synonyms

• 梁 (liáng)
• 梁國／梁国 (Liángguó)
• 魏國／魏国 (Wèiguó)

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 CE	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 CE	Wei 魏
		Shu 蜀
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 CE	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 CE	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 CE
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 CE
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 CE
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 CE
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 CE	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 CE
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 CE
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 CE
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 CE
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 CE
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 CE

Compounds

• 丙魏
• 冉魏 (Rǎnwèi)
• 北魏 (Běiwèi)
• 圍魏救趙／围魏救赵
• 姚黃魏紫／姚黄魏紫 (Yáohuáng Wèizǐ)
• 後魏／后魏
• 心在魏闕／心在魏阙
• 心存魏闕／心存魏阙
• 心瞻魏闕／心瞻魏阙

• 心馳魏闕／心驰魏阙
• 曹魏 (Cáowèi)
• 東魏／东魏 (Dōngwèi)
• 漢魏風骨／汉魏风骨
• 熟魏生張／熟魏生张
• 生張熟魏／生张熟魏
• 西魏 (Xīwèi)
• 阿魏 (ēwèi)
• 魏孝文帝

• 魏文侯
• 魏文帝
• 魏書／魏书
• 魏然
• 魏碑
• 魏紫姚黃／魏紫姚黄
• 魏道武帝
• 魏闕／魏阙
• 魏顆結草／魏颗结草

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Japanese

Kanji

魏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. high
2. large

Readings

• Goon: げ (ge)^{←げ (ge, historical)←ぐゑ (gwe, ancient)}
• Kan’on: ぎ (gi)^{←ぎ (gi, historical)←ぐゐ (gwi, ancient)}
• On: がい (gai)^{←ぐわい (gwai, historical)}
• Kun: たかい (takai, 魏い)

Proper noun

魏 (hiragana ぎ, rōmaji Gi)

1. the Wei kingdom

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Korean

Hanja

魏 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

1. kingdom of Wei

Usage notes

• May also be romanized as Wie when used as surname.

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Vietnamese

Han character

魏 (ngụy, nguỵ)

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