1. 魏
  2. 晋

魏

Previous (艰)Next (吾)
  • 1646th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
魏→
委鬼
2Radical
魏→
禾grain女woman鬼ghost/demon
3Graphical
魏→
㇒一丨八㇛一丿冂二丨丶乚㇛丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèi (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. wèi (wei4)tower over a palace gateway (old)

Pronunciation Clues

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

Appears In

魏 also appears in:
巍

Example Words

Common

魏国 (魏國)

Uncommon

北魏 
围魏救赵 (圍魏救趙)
魏晋 (魏晉)

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晋

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Previous (躲)Next (紫)
  • 1643rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
晋→
亚日
2Radical
晋→
一oneNo glyph available丷eight/divide一one日sun/day
3Graphical
晋→
一丨丷一口一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (Jin4)surname Jin • the Jin Dynasties (265-420) • Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) • short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1 xi1]
2. jìn (jin4)to move forward • to promote • to advance

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

晋 also appears in:
缙戬鄑

Example Words

Common

晋升 (晉升)
晋江 (晉江)
晋级 (晉級)

Uncommon

晋城 (晉城)
晋安区 (晉安區)
晋江市 (晉江市)
东晋 (東晉)
福晋 (福晉)
魏晋 (魏晉)

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