尉

尉 U+5C09, 尉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C09 ← 專 [U+5C08] CJK Unified Ideographs 尊 → [U+5C0A]

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

1. officer, military rank
2. a surname

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 295, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7440
• Dae Jaweon: page 584, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 508, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C09

trad.		尉
simp. #		尉
alternative forms		叞 㷉 𤈫 熨

Possibly ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𡰥 + 寸 (“hand”) + 火 (“fire”).

尉

1. officer
2. wait
3. Alternative form of 罻 (wèi)

尉

1. a surname
2. Used in 尉遲／尉迟 (Yùchí).
3. Used in 尉犁 (Yùlí).

• “尉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

For pronunciation and definitions of 尉 – see 熨 (“to iron; to press; to be closely appressed to; to abut; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 熨).

For pronunciation and definitions of 尉 – see 慰 (“to comfort; to console; to calm; relieved; glad”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 慰).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. military officer
2. jailer
3. old man
4. rank

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)、うち (uchi)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)、うつ (utsu)
• Kun: じょう (jō, 尉)、おさえる (osaeru)、やすんじる (yasunjiru)

Kanji in this term
尉
い Grade: S
on'yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 尉 (MC 'jw+jH).

• IPA^(key): [i]

尉(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. a watchman or military officer in the ancient Chinese military
2. A military rank.

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

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尉: Hán Nôm readings: úy/uý

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