威 — intimidate, dignity, majesty

い威 intimidate

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U+5A01 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1103 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #389 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

intimidate
dignity
majesty
menace
threaten

Readings

On'yomi: い i
Kun'yomi: おど odo

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い i On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

威(い) i authority 脅(きょう) 威(い) kyoui threat 権(けん) 威(い) keni authority 威(い) 力(りょく) iryoku power 威(い) 嚇(かく) ikaku intimidation 威(い) 信(しん) ishin prestige 威(い) 勢(せい) isei power 威(い) 張(ば) る ibaru to put on airs

Words by frequency and grade

9 words

Each dot is a word containing 威: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

戌 11th earthly branch

おんな女 woman #38

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#38 女 woman