尉

wèi · yù

surname Wei

Radical: 寸 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Less common

Same radical

对射封将导尊寿寻寸寺

Same radical

对射封将导尊寿寻寸寺

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Character Decomposition

尉=尸+示+寸

Meanings

surname Wei

Wèi

military officer

wèi

used in

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

yù

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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

Idioms with 尉 3 total

(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