Read Edit View history 尉 wèiyù officer Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (寸) holding two stones over fire (火) to iron a person's (尸) back as a treatment for a disease. Based on the original meaning "to iron", now written as 熨. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèi ×yù ×yùn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person sitting or squatting. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 尉 Simp strokes 尉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts two pieces of small elliptical stones. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 尉 Simp strokes 尉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like unrelated 小. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 尉 Simp strokes 尉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 尉 Simp strokes 尉 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 尉 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 317, 729 ], [ 337, 719 ], [ 474, 755 ], [ 502, 748 ], [ 524, 724 ], [ 498, 664 ], [ 471, 646 ] ], [ [ 302, 574 ], [ 325, 590 ], [ 461, 620 ], [ 526, 617 ] ], [ [ 254, 747 ], [ 284, 713 ], [ 287, 686 ], [ 264, 533 ], [ 222, 368 ], [ 155, 224 ], [ 97, 140 ], [ 45, 85 ] ], [ [ 319, 475 ], [ 363, 472 ], [ 459, 496 ], [ 492, 496 ] ], [ [ 242, 343 ], [ 259, 351 ], [ 455, 387 ], [ 508, 392 ], [ 539, 388 ] ], [ [ 382, 348 ], [ 407, 328 ], [ 411, 305 ], [ 412, 171 ], [ 405, 123 ], [ 388, 99 ], [ 304, 133 ] ], [ [ 280, 267 ], [ 261, 216 ], [ 218, 143 ] ], [ [ 484, 272 ], [ 533, 230 ], [ 546, 210 ] ], [ [ 556, 484 ], [ 612, 482 ], [ 694, 504 ], [ 861, 534 ], [ 909, 536 ], [ 966, 526 ] ], [ [ 753, 813 ], [ 769, 805 ], [ 802, 772 ], [ 795, 550 ], [ 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