尉官

Chinese

		milit. official; to quiet	official; government; organ of body
trad. (尉官)		尉	官
simp. #(尉官)		尉	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiguan
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: wèi-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyguan
    • Palladius: вэйгуань (vɛjguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: wàih gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

尉官

1. junior officer (above the rank of warrant officer and below that of major)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尉	官
い Grade: S	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

尉 +‎ 官 (“official; mandarin; courtier”). 尉 is a rather non-specific Chinese word, used of government positions as low as "warden" and as high as "marshal" (see 廷尉 (tíngwèi), 縣尉／县尉 (xiànwèi), 太尉 (tàiwèi), 都尉 (dūwèi), 校尉 (jiàowèi)). In Japan, however, 尉 likely comes from the old kanji spellings used in titles in the military or guard under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, particularly the third-in-command of the 兵衛府 (Hyōefu) or the 衛門府 (Emonfu), although it was read as じょう (jō) instead, and it was merely a specialized spelling of 判官 (jō).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​かん [íꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikã̠ɴ]

• Homophones: 衣冠, 位官, 位冠, 医官, 遺憾

Noun

尉(い)官(かん) • (ikan) ^{←ゐくわん (wikwan)?}

1. (military) a junior officer

   Hypernym: 士官

   Hyponyms: 海尉, 空尉, 准尉, 少尉, 大尉, 中尉, 陸尉

   Coordinate terms: 佐官, 将官

Korean

Hanja in this term
尉	官

Noun

尉官 • (wigwan) (hangeul 위관)

1. Hanja form^? of 위관 (“junior officer”).