尉

wèi · yù

military officer

Radical: 寸 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Less common

Same radical

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Same radical

对射封将导尊寿寻寸寺

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Character Decomposition

尉=尸+示+寸

Meanings2 pronunciations

wèi

military officer

surname Wei

yù

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used in 尉犁 (the name of a place in Xinjiang)

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Words with 尉 89 total

captain (army rank) · senior captain大尉dà wèi military rank都尉dū wèi second lieutenant (army rank)少尉shào wèi captain (military rank)上尉shàng wèi chief judicial officer in imperial China廷尉tíng wèi two-character surname Yuchi尉迟Yù chí lieutenant (navy) · first lieutenant (army) · subaltern中尉zhōng wèi Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi text on military strategy尉缭Wèi Liáo military officer校尉xiào wèi commander of the imperial guards卫尉wèi wèi

Idioms with 尉 3 total Chain

(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider摸金校尉mō jīn xiào wèi

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