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Wèi

Meanings

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Wèi
  1. 1.surname Wei
yù
  1. 1.used in 尉迟[Yù chí]
  2. 2.used in 尉犁[Yù lí] (the name of a place in Xinjiang)
wèi
  1. 1.military officer

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.officer
  2. 2.wait
  3. 3.a surname
  4. 4.used in 尉遲／尉迟 (Yùchí)
  5. 5.used in 尉犁 (Yùlí)
  6. 6.to comfort; to console; to calm
  7. 7.relieved; glad

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Etymology

Possibly ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 𡰥 + 寸 (“hand”) + 火 (“fire”).

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Stroke order

Components

尉尸示寸

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Derived terms

上尉中尉准尉司隸校尉司隶校尉太尉女校尉尉官尉遲尉迟少尉廷尉摸金校尉校尉步兵校尉灞陵尉灞陵醉尉縣尉县尉衛尉卫尉衛尉寺卫尉寺郡尉醉尉門神戶尉门神户尉關都尉关都尉霸陵尉

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Related words

卫尉 commander of the imperial guards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 Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉缭子[Wèi Liáo zi] text on military strategy中尉 lieutenant (navy)都尉 military rank尉迟 two-character surname Yuchi校尉 military officer上尉 captain (military rank)大尉 captain (army rank)尉犁 see 尉犁县[Yù lí Xiàn]少尉 second lieutenant (army rank)尉氏 see 尉氏县[Wèi shì Xiàn]