Chinese surname · rank 441

尉

尉 is read as wèi.

Pinyin

wèi

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 尉

Basic meaning

officer, military rank

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Zheng-state office-title tradition; Taiyuan commandery note; Yunzhong / Yuchi changed-surname and Western-region contexts treated separately.

Origin note

Wei/尉 is a two-reading surname with separate origin layers. For wèi, one source layer treats it as an office-title surname from officials called Wei or Weizheng, with Zheng-state figures such as Weizhi and Weipian in later references. For yù or related readings, another layer comes from Yuchi families, including Northern Wei surname simplification. The page avoids treating the compound Yuchi as proof of a standalone Baijiaxing single-surname slot.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Wei surname - two readings, Pre-Qin office-title layer, Zheng Weizheng note, and Xianbei Yuchi simplification layer
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Wei - office-title, Zheng official, military-office, and Yuchi changed-surname layers with reading distinction
23mofang: Wei surname - ancient prison official Wei lineage and Yuchi / foreign-origin changed-surname layer
Zupulu surname reference: Wei - wei and yu reading distinction, Zheng Weizheng office layer, and Yuchi simplification layer
Han Dian: Wei - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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