尉

Readings

Kana: イ、ジョウ

Romaji: i, jō

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

military officer, jailer, old man, rank

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 11

Radical Number: 4

Frequency: 2007

Grade: 8

Skip Pattern: 1-8-3

Korean Reading: ul

Chinese Reading: yu4

Unicode: 5c09

JIS: 3053

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1685

Nelson Index: 231

New Nelson Index: 1383

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e6.4

Four Corner Index: 7420.0

Guide to Remembering Index: 1004

Gakken Index: 1765

Japanese Names Index: 1410

Daikanwanjiten Index: 7440

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0028

Remembering the kanji Index: 1095

Kanji Flashcards Index: 1223

Kodansha Compact Index: 507

Kanji in Context Index: 1882

1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1105

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1504

French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1104

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1176

Essential Kanji Index: 1232

Kodansha Kanji Index: 2119

Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3748

Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1423

Words

尉 (じょう)

inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)

中尉 (ちゅうい)

first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade

准尉 (じゅんい)

warrant officer

二尉 (にい)

first lieutenant (JSDF)

黒色尉 (こくしきじょう)

Old Black Joe (a noh mask)

大尉 (たいい、だいい)

captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)

少尉 (しょうい)

second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign

尉官 (いかん)

officer below the rank of major; company officer

三尉 (さんい)

second lieutenant (JSDF)

空軍大尉 (くうぐんたいい)

air force captain

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