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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 东魏

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
东魏 dōng wèi - Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dōng- surname Dong
dōng- east
- host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- landlord
wèi- 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
wèi- tower over a palace gateway (old)

Other Words Containing 东魏

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo