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  1. Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

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surname Wei, name of a vassal state of the 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 or Wei County at various times in history

Pinyin
Wèi
Strokes
17
Frequency
6677 of 2500
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surname Jing, short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1], Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi, Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam

Pinyin
Jīng
Strokes
8
Frequency
40672 of 2500
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])

Pinyin
shēng
Strokes
5
Frequency
1196 of 2500