尉遲
Chinese
milit. official; to quiet | late; delayed; slow | ||
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trad. (尉遲) | 尉 | 遲 | |
simp. (尉迟) | 尉 | 迟 |
Etymology
Found as one of clans of Xianbei, as well as a surname of the king of Khotan.According to Li-yul lung-bstan-pa (ལི་ཡུལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་), retrieved from the Dunhuang manuscripts and translated in Chinese as Yü-t'ien-kuo Hsüan-chi (于闐國懸記), this surname is transliteration of Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
尉遲
- a surname
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (尉遲):
- → Japanese: 尉遅 (Utchi)
- → Korean: 울지(尉遲) (Ulji)
- → Vietnamese: Uất Trì (尉遲)