魏
Wèiwèi

kingdom of Wei

魏 Wèi frequency
surname proper name
the Chinese surname Wei

魏先生是我的老师。

Wèi xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Wei is my teacher.

Wei dynasty time word
the state of Wei (221–265) founded by Cao Cao, being one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty

魏蜀吴三国鼎立的历史非常有名。

Wèi Shǔ Wú sān guó dǐng​lì de lì​shǐ fēi​cháng yǒu​míng.

The history of the tripartite division between Wei, Shu, and Wu is very famous.

Wei prefecture place name
Wei Prefecture or Wei County as established at various times in Chinese history

他的祖籍在魏县，这次他打算回去看看。

tā de zǔ​jí zài Wèi xiàn, zhè cì tā dǎ​suàn huí​qu kàn kàn.

His ancestral home is in Wei County, and he plans to go back for a visit this time.

Wei state place name
a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi and one of the Seven Hero Warring States

魏国是战国七雄之一。

Wèi​guó shì Zhàn​guó qī xióng zhī yī.

The State of Wei was one of the Seven Warring States.

魏 wèi
gate tower noun
tower over a palace gateway (old)

远远望去，皇宫正门前的两座魏十分高大。

yuǎn​yuǎn wàng qù, huáng​gōng zhèng​mén qián de liǎng zuò wèi shí​fēn gāo​dà.

Looking from afar, the two watchtowers in front of the main gate of the imperial palace are very tall.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,648th most common 57.7 per million
Movie subtitles
3,116th most common 2.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.40 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
10.9 per million

Details
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+9B4F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)