Keyword
officer
- military rank
- Frequency
- #2578
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
wèi
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
上尉
captain (military rank)
中尉
lieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern
少尉
second lieutenant (army rank)
尉
military officer
大尉
captain (army rank); senior captain
都尉
military rank
校尉
military officer
尉迟
two-character surname Yuchi
卫尉
commander of the imperial guards
尉氏县
Weishi, a county in Kaifeng City 开封市 (KāifēngShì), Henan
廷尉
chief judicial officer in imperial China
尉迟恭
General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
尉犁县
Yuli, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 (BāyīnguōléngMěnggǔZìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
陆军中尉
lieutenant
摸金校尉
(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
尉缭
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 (QínShǐhuáng), possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉缭子 (WèiLiáozi) text on military strategy