尉

Translingual

Han character

尉 (radical 41 寸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸火木戈 (SFDI), four-corner 7420₀, composition ⿰⿸尸示寸)

1. officer, military rank
2. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 295, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7440
• Dae Jaweon: page 584, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 508, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C09

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		尉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³, wat¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³, wat¹
    • Yale: wai, wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³, wat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/, /wɐt̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi
    • Tâi-lô: uì
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (尉, reconstructed)
Character (尉), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 於胃切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔʉiH/	/ʔwe̯iH/	/ʔiuəiH/	/ʔʷɨiH/	/ʔujH/	/ĭwəiH/	/ʔiuəiH/
Character (尉), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 物 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 紆物切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɨut̚/	/ʔi̯uət̚/	/ʔiuət̚/	/ʔiut̚/	/ʔut̚/	/ĭuət̚/	/ʔiuət̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (尉, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
尉					12951					尉					隊					2					尉					/*quds/
尉					12961					尉					物					2					鬱					/*qud/

Compounds

• 尉官 (wèi guān) Company Officer

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Japanese

Kanji

尉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: い (i), うち (uchi)
• Kan’on: い (i), うつ (utsu)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru), やすんじる (yasunjiru), じょう (jō)

Compounds

• 尉官
• 少尉
• 中尉
• 大尉

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Korean

Hanja

尉 (wi; ul) (hangeul 위; 울, revised wi, ul, McCune-Reischauer wi, ul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尉 (úy, uý)

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