卫
wèi · Wei
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 12
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 河东
- Wikidata
- Q6849395
In other languages
- German Vệ
- English Wei
- Spanish Vệ
- French Vệ
- Japanese 衛
- Korean 웨이
- Russian Вэй
- Vietnamese Vệ
- Traditional Chinese 衛
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Shang Yang390 BCE – 338 BCE
Qin State statesman, chancellor and reformer (c. 390–338 BC)
- Wiman of Gojoseon300 BCE – 200 BCE
king of Korea
- Wei Qing150 BCE – 106 BCE
Han dynasty general
- Empress Wei Zifu155 BCE – 91 BCE
spouse of Emperor Wu of Han
- Dao'an312 – 385
Chinese Buddhist monk and author (312–385)
- Wei Shuo272 – 349
Chinese calligrapher (272–349)
- Ugeo of Gojoseon? – 108 BCE
King of Wiman Joseon
- Wei Lihuang1897 – 1960
Chinese military officer (1897-1960)
Find printed genealogies
The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.
Search 卫 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).