尉 — Chinese character
尉
wèi
officer, military rank
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Radical
- 41 ⼨ (Inch)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 尸 示 寸
- Japanese
- 尉 as a kanji
Common words with 尉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上尉 | shàng wèi | captain (military rank) |
| 中尉 | zhōng wèi | lieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army) |
| 少尉 | shào wèi | second lieutenant (army rank) |
| 大尉 | dà wèi | captain (army rank); senior captain |
| 都尉 | dū wèi | military rank |
| 校尉 | xiào wèi | military officer |
| 卫尉 (衛尉) | wèi wèi | commander of the imperial guards |
| 廷尉 | tíng wèi | chief judicial officer in imperial China |
| 陆军中尉 (陸軍中尉) | lù jūn zhōng wèi | lieutenant |
| 摸金校尉 | mō jīn xiào wèi | (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 |
| 骑都尉 (騎都尉) | qí dū wèi | (archaic) cavalry commandant; cavalry captain |
English words written with 尉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.