魏

wèi = w + ei4

surname Wei / name of vassal state of 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 and Wei county at different historical periods

魏 = 委 + 鬼 : A demon (鬼) is attacking Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Instead of going straight at the demon, Willy surrounds Wei and saves Zhao (围魏救赵): he goes for the demon's artificial leg (委) in order to disable the demon.

魏

wèi = w + ei4

tower over a palace gateway (old)

魏 character breakdown

魏
- 委
  - 女
  - 禾
    - 丿
    - 木
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
- 鬼
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 厶
  - 白
    - 丶
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗

委

wěi = w + ei3

surname Wei

委 = 女 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: 委中 is an acupuncture point of the knee. I'll represent 委 with an artificial leg including the knee.

委 = 女 + 禾 : Bessie Coleman and Willy Walrus are members of a committee which has to test artificial legs in the Eiffel Tower. They have the legs kick bowls of cereal from the tower and see how far they get.

委

we̅i = w + ei1

same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved

委

wěi = w + ei3

to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly

委 = 女 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: 委中 is an acupuncture point of the knee. I'll represent 委 with an artificial leg including the knee.

鬼

guǐ = gu + ei3

ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations

鬼 = 白 + 儿 + 厶 : Mnemonic symbol: a demon.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is being haunted by a demon (鬼) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). She has to hide in the nostril of a fake nose (厶) and wave a white flag (白), but one day Sun Wukong (儿) arrives and drives the demon away.

Characters with 魏 as component

巍

we̅i = w + ei1

lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2]

犩

wéi = w + ei2

ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犪牛[kui2 niu2]

Words with 魏

魏

wèi

玛

瑪

mǎ

Weimar

魏

wèi

书

書

shu̅

History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls

魏

wèi

格

gé

纳

納

nà

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

魏

wèi

源

yuán