威 翟

Wēi Zháidictionary entry

Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)

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Original source entry:

威翟威翟 [Wei1 Zhai2] /Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)/

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Character information

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威
wēi
power / might / prestige
翟
dí
long-tail pheasant
Dí
surname Di / variant of 狄[Dí], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
Zhái
surname Zhai

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