魏(wèi): surname Wei
HSK 7-917 strokes
surname Wei
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Meaning
- surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
- Strokes
- 17
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 魏 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 魏 step by step
17 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 魏
Common words using 魏 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
dōng东wèi魏
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the…
Open 东魏 page →wèi魏guó国
Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
Open 魏国 page →wèi魏zhēng征
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of Hi…
Open 魏征 page →Related characters
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