Wei (魏) refers to:

• Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologically the most famous of the Wei dynasties
• The State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
• The Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period
• The Kingdom of Wei founded by Ran Min during the Period of Wu Hu.
• a Chinese family name
  • Wei Yan a military officer of Shu during the Three Kingdoms Period
  • Wei Jingsheng a Chinese dissident
• Wei Hai, an ancient wargame

Wei (Simplified: 卫, Traditional: 衛) refers to: The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 386-534) is most noted for the unification of northern China in 440, it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived. ... The following details the state of Wei of the Warring States Period. ... The Spring and Autumn Period (Chinese: 春秋時代; pinyin: ) represented an era in Chinese history between 722 BC and 481 BC. The period takes its name from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the period whose authorship was traditionally attributed to Confucius. ... Alternative meaning: Warring States Period (Japan) The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place from sometime in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by Qin in 221 BC. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern... The Kingdom of Wei (ch. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Traditional Chinese characters: 三國, Simplified Chinese characters: 三国, pinyin Sānguó) is a period in the History of China. ... Ran Min (Simplified Chinese character: 冉闵; Chinese character: 冉閔, pinyin: Rǎn Mǐn) was a Han Chinese military leader during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. ... Wu Hu (五胡 Pinyin Wǔ Hú) or Five Hu is a collective term for non-Chinese tribes during the period from the Han Dynasty to the Northern Dynasties. ... Wèi Yán 魏延 (?–234), courtesy name Wéncháng (文長), was a distinguished officer of Shu. ... The Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ) (221 – 263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Traditional Chinese characters: 三國, Simplified Chinese characters: 三国, pinyin Sānguó) is a period in the History of China. ... Wei Jingsheng Wei Jingsheng (魏京生) (May 20, 1950 - ) is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement most prominent for authoring the document the Fifth Modernization for which he was sent to prison. ... Wei Hai, is perhaps the oldest wargame, attributed as being invented in 5th century BC by Sun Tzu, the Chinese philosopher and military leader, author of the famous The Art of War. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...

• The State of Wei during Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
• a Chinese family name. Notable Weis include:
  • Lady Wei Shuo, calligrapher

Wei (倭) refers to: The Spring and Autumn Period (Chinese: 春秋時代; pinyin: ) represented an era in Chinese history between 722 BC and 481 BC. The period takes its name from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the period whose authorship was traditionally attributed to Confucius. ... Alternative meaning: Warring States Period (Japan) The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place from sometime in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by Qin in 221 BC. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern... A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (姓, pinyin: x ng; or 氏, shi), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups. ... Lady Wèi Shuò (Traditional: 衛鑠, Simplified: 卫铄) (272-349), commonly addressed just as Lady Wei (衛夫人 Wei Furen), was a calligrapher of Eastern Jin Dynasty China who established consequential rules about the Regular Script. ...

• An ancient name of Japan, transcribed as Wa from Japanese and Wae from Korean. See Wo.

Wei is the star Epsilon Scorpii, Wei (star) Wo, Wae or Wa (Chinese and Japanese: 倭, Korean: 왜) is an ancient name of Japan in Chinese. ... Wei is the name of Epsilon Scorpii. ...