尉
Wei4
#2,122 most
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surname Wei
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
尉 brings together a patient, two stones, fire, and a hand. The stones were heated to treat an illness. Later 'military rank' was borrowed for the sound, not from this picture.
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