尉 — military officer, jailer, old man
い
尉
military officer
い
U+5C09
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #2007
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1176
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- military officer
- jailer
- old man
- rank
Readings
- On'yomi
- い i じょう jou
word
い i On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
1 wordEach dot is a word containing 尉: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.