1. 魏

魏

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  1. 魏 is the 1646th most frequent character.
  2. 魏 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 魏 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 魏 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
魏 => 委, 鬼
Radical :
魏 => 禾 (grain), 女 (woman), 鬼 (ghost/demon)
Graphical :
魏 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, ㇛, 一, 丿, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 乚, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei4 - surname Wei/name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States/Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han/the Wei dynasty 221-265/Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
  2. wei4 - tower over a palace gateway (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 魏 (wei4): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 魏 (wei4): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

魏 
魏国 (魏國)

Medium Frequency

北魏 
魏晋 (魏晉)

Appears In:

魏 also appears in:
巍
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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