魏

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

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

• 𨇷, 巍, 蘶, 𡿁, 犩, 𦓌, 𧕞, 䭳

• 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

trad.		魏
simp. #		魏
2nd round simp.		⿰委乚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡuls) : phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).

high

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs OC pronunciation *ŋuih and includes 魏 (OC *ŋɡuls) 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

魏

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

   魏徵／魏征  ―  Wèi Zhēng  ―  Wei Zheng (Tang dynasty politician)

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

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.

魏

1. ^† standing alone
2. Alternative form of 巍 (wéi, “towering”)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. high
2. large

• 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)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

魏(ぎ) • (Gi) 

1. Wei kingdom in China

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

1. hanja form^? of 위 (“Wei kingdom in China”)

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

魏: Hán Việt readings: nguy, ngụy/nguỵ

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