Question

尉 military officer, jailer, old man, rank S 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)示: show; indicate; point out; express; display寸: measurement; foot/10 寸 3 (none) military officer Perhaps you have heard about Koizumis controversial visits at the Yasukuni war memorial shrine. It is the japanese flag waving above a small stone altar. A military officer keeps watch here night and day, to honor the dead war heroes, as if he is glued to the ground.

Accepted Answer

イ、ジョウ 1 2007 11 41 すん・すんづくり 会意 Compound Ideographic Of course it had to be the military officer´s idea to glue a national flag to the altar he´s stationed at. 1176

Kanji	尉
Onyomi	イ、ジョウ
English	military officer, jailer, old man, rank
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	2007
Components	尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 寸: measurement; foot/10
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	寸
Radical Number	41
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	すん・すんづくり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	military officer
Koohii Story 1	Of course it had to be the military officer´s idea to glue a national flag to the altar he´s stationed at.
Koohii Story 2	Perhaps you have heard about Koizumis controversial visits at the Yasukuni war memorial shrine. It is the japanese flag waving above a small stone altar. A military officer keeps watch here night and day, to honor the dead war heroes, as if he is glued to the ground.
RTK Index (new)	1176

Military Flag Officer War 尉 イ、ジョウ Jailer Man

Military Flag Officer War 尉イ、ジョウ Jailer Man