The kanji 尉: meaning, readings and stroke order

尉

Meaning: officer (rank)
On reading: イ i
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 寸 thumb, inch
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sĩ quan cấp úy (úy)
Japanese: ぐんたいのくらいのひとつ。
Korean: 위관 (장교 계급) (위)
Chinese: 尉官

Readings, words and example sentences

イ i · on reading · less common

大たい尉い
captain (army rank)
話に 大たい尉いが出てきます。
A captain appears in the story.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.