魏

      Translingual

      Han character

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

      1. kingdom of Wei
      2. used as a surname

      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

      Cantonese

      Hanzi

      魏 (Yale ngai6)

      Japanese

      Kanji

      魏

      Readings

      Proper noun

      魏 (hiragana ぎ, romaji Gi)

      1. the Wei kingdom

      Korean

      Hanja

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

      Usage notes

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

      Mandarin

      Hanzi

      魏 (pinyin wèi (wei4), Wade-Giles wei4)

      Middle Chinese

      Han character

      魏 (*ngiuə̀i)

      Vietnamese

      Han character

      魏 (ngụy, nguỵ)

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      Last modified on 18 May 2013, at 16:34