尉
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military officer
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 寸 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 尉
- Common rank
- #2,355
- Unicode
- U+5C09
Formation & memory
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Words with 尉
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陆军中尉 | lieutenant | |
| 尉氏县 | Weishi, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan | |
| 摸金校尉 | (idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to offic… | |
| 大尉 | captain (army rank); senior captain | |
| 中尉 | lieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern | |
| 上尉 | captain (military rank) | |
| 卫尉 | commander of the imperial guards | |
| 都尉 | military rank | |
| 尉犁县 | Yuli, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Me… | |
| 尉氏 | see 尉氏縣|尉氏县[Wei4 shi4 Xian4] | |
| 少尉 | second lieutenant (army rank) | |
| 校尉 | military officer | |
| 骑都尉 | (archaic) cavalry commandant; cavalry captain | |
| 尉迟恭 | General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynast… | |
| 尉缭子 | Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 sh… | |
| 尉迟 | two-character surname Yuchi | |
| 尉犁 | see 尉犁縣|尉犁县[Yu4 li2 Xian4] | |
| 廷尉 | chief judicial officer in imperial China | |
| 尉缭 | Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qi… |
Sound family
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