Kanji1 / 11
尉 kanji
military officer, jailer, old man, rank
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
イジョウ
Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
叞Words with 尉
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —少尉Popularsecond lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
- —大尉Popularcaptain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- —中尉Popularfirst lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
- —尉官officer below the rank of major; company officer
- —一尉captain (JASDF, JGSDF); lieutenant (senior grade; JMSDF)
- —三尉second lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —准尉warrant officer
- —二尉first lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —空尉(Self Defense Force's Air Force) captain (defence); lieutenant
- —海尉lower-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
- —准空尉warrant officer (JASDF)
- —空軍大尉air force captain
- —上級准尉chief warrant officer
- —三等陸尉second lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —二等陸尉first lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —１尉captain (JASDF, JGSDF); lieutenant (senior grade; JMSDF)
- —３尉second lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —２尉first lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —３等陸尉second lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —２等陸尉first lieutenant (JGSDF)