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尉

尉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 官名及び武官の階級名。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

未詳。「㕟」に関係していた可能性がある。階級名｛尉｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

military officer, jailer, old man, rank

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • イJHS
  • ジョウ
Other languages
  • 拼音wei4
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글wi
  • 한글ul
  • Hán-ViệtÚy
  • Hán-ViệtUất

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
寸(すん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5C09

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𫵖寸

Words using this kanji

  • 尉じょう（じょう）律令制において衛門府など軍事組織における四等官中第三位の官位。inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system), old man, white ash (of charcoal)
  • 尉官いかん軍人のうち、尉のつく階級にあるものの総称officer below the rank of major, company officer
  • 尉鶲じょうびたきスズメ目スズメ科（ヒタキ科）ジョウビタキ属に属する鳥の一種。学名:Phoenicurus auroreus。Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
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7420.0
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4e6.4
Heisig
1176
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231