尉
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 尉RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
wèi as in 大尉 wei4
- military officer
yù yu4
- used in 尉迟 (Yù chí) and 尉犁 (Yù lí)
Wèi as in 大尉 wei4
- surname Wei
Words with 尉
- 大尉dàwèicaptain (army rank)
- 中尉zhōngwèilieutenant (navy)
- 上尉shàngwèicaptain (military rank)
- 卫尉wèiwèicommander of the imperial guards
- 都尉dūwèimilitary rank
- 少尉shàowèisecond lieutenant (army rank)
- 校尉xiàowèimilitary officer
- 廷尉tíngwèichief judicial officer in imperial China
- 陆军中尉lùjūnzhōngwèilieutenant
- 摸金校尉mōjīnxiàowèi(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
- 尉迟Yùchítwo-character surname Yuchi
- 尉犁YùlíLopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 (Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu), Xinjiang