尉官

Chinese

milit. official; to quiet official; government; organ of body
trad. (尉官)
simp. #(尉官)

Pronunciation


Noun

尉官

  1. junior officer (above the rank of warrant officer and below that of major)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
かん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

+ (official; mandarin; courtier). is a rather non-specific Chinese word, used of government positions as low as "warden" and as high as "marshal" (see 廷尉 (tíngwèi), 縣尉县尉 (xiànwèi), 太尉 (tàiwèi), 都尉 (dūwèi), 校尉 (jiàowèi)). In Japan, however, likely comes from the old kanji spellings used in titles in the military or guard under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, particularly the third-in-command of the 兵衛府 (Hyōefu) or the 衛門府 (Emonfu), although it was read as じょう () instead, and it was merely a specialized spelling of 判官 ().

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かん [íꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ikã̠ɴ]

Noun

()(かん) • (ikan) ゐくわん (wikwan)?

  1. (military) a junior officer
    Hypernym: 士官
    Hyponyms: 海尉, 空尉, 准尉, 少尉, 大尉, 中尉, 陸尉
    Coordinate terms: 佐官, 将官

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

尉官 • (wigwan) (hangeul 위관)

  1. Hanja form? of 위관 (junior officer).
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