魏 — Chinese character
魏
wèi
the kingdom of Wei; surname
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Radical
- 194 ⿁ (Ghost)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 委 鬼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ghost; meaning component 鬼; sound component 委
- Japanese
- 魏 as a kanji
Common words with 魏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 围魏救赵 (圍魏救趙) | wéi Wèi jiù Zhào | lit. to besiege 魏 (Wèi) and rescue 赵 (Zhào) (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers |
| 阿魏 | ā wèi | Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae |
| 阿育魏实 (阿育魏實) | ā yù wèi shí | seed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici |
魏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 18
- Analects 14.12
- Mencius 7A.11
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.