Wèi
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Wèi is the pinyin romanization of the name of the ancient Chinese State of Wei, a major political power during the Warring States period.
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese exonym
ⓘ
historical state name ⓘ |
| associatedDynastyOrEra | Zhou dynasty period ⓘ |
| correspondsToWadeGiles | Wei⁴ ⓘ |
| countryContext | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denotes | a major political power during the Warring States period ⓘ |
| hasDiacritic | acute accent on e ⓘ |
| hasFinalVowel | /ei/ ⓘ |
| hasInitialConsonant | /w/ ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | North China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orthographicVariant | Wei (without tone mark) ⓘ |
| refersTo | State of Wei (Warring States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanizationOf | 魏 ⓘ |
| romanizationSystem | Hanyu Pinyin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptOfOrigin | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| timePeriodReferred | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone | fourth tone ⓘ |
| transliterationType | phonetic romanization ⓘ |
| usedFor | ancient Chinese state name ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical studies of ancient China
ⓘ
modern sinology literature ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right (romanization) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State of Wei