Memory phrase for the Kanji: 尉
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尉 |
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Meaning
| military officer
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Pronunciation |
wèi |
Explanation |
From left: buttock seen from the side 尸, to show 示, skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| This buttocks shows a skillful hand: that's an officer.
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Radicals
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尉
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military officer | |
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尸
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buttocks in side view | This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'. |
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示
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to show, altar | Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar. |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 上尉 |
shàng wèi |
captain (military rank) |
| 都尉 |
dū wèi |
military rank |
| 大尉 |
dà wèi |
captain (army rank); senior captain |
| 大尉 |
dà wèi |
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