U+5C09 "尉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
尉
U+5C09 "尉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally pronounced as "wèi" in Mandarin, with meanings rooted in ancient administrative and military contexts. It commonly denotes a military officer of a certain rank, particularly in historical Chinese systems, such as a commandant or a junior official, and also appears in modern terms like "上尉" for "captain" or "少尉" for "second lieutenant." Furthermore, in Japanese and Korean usage, it carries similar connotations of officialdom or rank, and it is also used as a surname.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C09 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 尉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 尉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB0 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C09 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c09 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B14C |
| kCCCII | 213B3E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5970 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5970 |
| kCangjie | SFDI |
| kCantonese | wai3 |
| kCihaiT | 435.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0584.020 |
| kDefinition | officer, military rank |
| kEACC | 213B3E |
| kFanqie | 於胃 紆物 |
| kFenn | 727H |
| kFennIndex | 600.04 600.06 648.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7420.0 |
| kGB0 | 4630 |
| kGB1 | 4630 |
| kGSR | 0525b |
| kHangul | 위:0N |
| kHanYu | 10508.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10508.050:wèi,yù,yùn |
| kHKGlyph | 1048 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0584.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10508.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0295.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4E3E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B14C |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3053 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FDC8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A4F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5970 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8B58 |
| kJapanese | イ ウツ ウチ やすんじる じょう |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2471 |
| kJapaneseKun | OSAERU YASUNJIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | I |
| kJis0 | 1651 |
| kKangXi | 0295.050 |
| kKorean | WI WUL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1414 |
| kMandarin | wèi |
| kMatthews | 7111 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010274 MJ010274:E0101 MJ057350:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 07440 07440:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0231 |
| kPhonetic | 1176 1429 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1175+41.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 41.8 |
| kSBGY | 359.42 475.41 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 174.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wèi粵wai3 yù粵wat1 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+71A8<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1414 |
| kTang | qiuə̀i |
| kTGHZ2013 | 384.070:wèi 449.090:yù |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 256:267 |
| kXHC1983 | 1202.010:wèi 1418.080:yù |