尉官

尉官

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

尉 +‎ 官 (“official; mandarin; courtier”). 尉 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, 尉 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 (jō) instead, and it was merely a specialized spelling of 判官 (jō).

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) い​かん [íꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikã̠ɴ]

• Homophones: 衣冠, 位官, 位冠, 医官, 遺憾

尉(い)官(かん) • (ikan) ^{←ゐくわん (wikwan)?}

1. (military) a junior officer

   Hypernym: 士官

   Coordinate terms: 佐官, 将官

   Hyponyms: 海尉, 空尉, 准尉, 少尉, 大尉, 中尉, 陸尉