Wei (surname 危)

Wei
Stroke order for 危
Chinese
Literal meaningdanger
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWēi
Wade–GilesWei1
IPA[wéɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNgai4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJGûi
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/ngjwe/
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/*ŋrol/

Wei (危) is a Chinese surname. According to a 2013 study, it was the 362nd most common name in China; it was shared by 112,000 people, or 0.0084% of the population, being most popular in Jiangxi. It is the 140th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.