Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

尉: military officer, jailer

Also: old man, rank

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

寸 carries the meaning · 尸 and 示 are drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

イi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 大尉たいいcaptain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF)
  • 中尉ちゅういfirst lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
  • 一尉いちいcaptain (JASDF, JGSDF)
  • 少尉しょういsecond lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign

Also read ジョウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Measure it out! Imagine a steady hand marking off a tiny distance with care.”
More in the 寸 inch story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尸

Also built on corpse (尸)

All 18
示

Also built on altar (示)

All 8
寸

Also built on inch (寸)

All 24

尉 gives its sound to

The family reading is イ (i). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read イ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Also read ジョウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
尉 military officer · 尸 + 寸
vs斎 purification · 斉
尉 has 尸 + 寸 where 斎 has 斉.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wèi

Same form: 尉 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
尉 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
尉 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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