尉

Translingual

Han character

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

1. officer, military rank
2. 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

尉 (Yale wai3, wat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

尉 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: い (i), うつ (utsu), うち (uchi)
• 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 (hangeul 위; 울, revised wi, ul, McCune-Reischauer wi, ul)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尉 (pinyin wèi (wei4), yù (yu4), Wade-Giles wei⁴)

Compounds

• 尉官 (wèi guān) Company Officer

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Vietnamese

Han character

尉 (úy, uý)