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尉

wèi

wèi · wai3 (Jyutping)

  1. military officer
  2. surname Wei

yù

  1. used in 尉遲|尉迟[Yu4 chi2]
  2. used in 尉犁[Yu4 li2] (the name of a place in Xinjiang)

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Character breakdown

尉

Meaning
officer, military rank
Radical
寸
Strokes
11
Components
⿰⿸尸示寸
Cangjie
SFDI
Four-corner
7420.0

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