魏 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 古代中国の王朝・国
2. 高い。高く大きい。
3. 抜きん出る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「委」 + 音符「鬼」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

high, large, Kingdom of Wei

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ギ

Kun (native)

• たか(い)

Other languages

• 拼音wei4
• 한글wi
• Hán-ViệtNgụy

infoBasics

Strokes

18 strokes

Radical

鬼(おに)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+9B4F

grid_viewComponents

• 儿ひとあし
• 匕ひ
• 厶む
• 女おんな
• 田た
• 禾のぎ
• 鬼おに

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰委鬼

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 魏ぎWei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE), Cao Wei, Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)
• 魏志ぎしthe history of Wei
• 魏志倭人伝ぎしわじんでんWajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
• 魏晋南北朝時代ぎしんなんぼくちょうじだいWei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties period (China, 220-589 CE)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-8-10

Four Corner

2641.3

Spahn–Hadamitzky

5d13.6