魏晋南北朝 wèijìnnánběicháo Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 魏晋 魏晉 wèijìn Wei-Jin period Wei and Jin dynasties, spanning the period from 220 to 420.南北朝 nánběicháo Northern and Southern dynasties The Northern and Southern dynasties (420–589), a period of political division between the end of the 东晋 dōngjìn and the beginning of the 隋朝 suícháo