魏

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𨇷, 巍, 蘶, 𡿁, 犩, 𦓌, 𧕞, 䭳

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		魏
simp. #		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

Etymology

high

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs OC pronunciation *ŋuih and includes 魏 as well as 巍 (OC *ŋui) in one set, which may be the vocalic variant of 危 (OC *ŋoi).

name of Zhou's vassal state

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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
5. ^† high

Synonyms

• 梁 (liáng)
• 梁國 (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 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	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 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

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Japanese

Kanji

魏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. high
2. large

Readings

• Go-on: 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(ぎ) • (Gi) 

1. Wei kingdom in China

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. Wei kingdom in China

Usage notes

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 魏 (nguỵ)

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References

• Nom Foundation