偉 — wi

Parts that make up 偉

How 偉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 偉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 韋.

Korean example words with 偉

• 위력偉力 Korean gloss: 위대한 힘
• 위명偉名 Korean gloss: 위대한 이름
• 위재偉材 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 인재
• 위덕偉德 Korean gloss: 빼어나게 훌륭한 덕
• 위업偉業 Korean gloss: 위대한 사업이나 업적
• 위인偉人 Korean gloss: 뛰어나고 훌륭한 사람
• 위적偉跡 Korean gloss: 뛰어나고 훌륭한 자취
• 위용偉容 Korean gloss: 훌륭하고 뛰어난 용모나 모양
• 위공偉功 Korean gloss: 훌륭하고 뛰어난 공훈이나 업적
• 위적偉績 Korean gloss: 훌륭하고 뛰어난 공훈이나 업적
• 위효하다偉效 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 큰 효험이 있다
• 괴위하다魁偉 Korean gloss: 체격이 장대하고 훤칠하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 偉

• 偉大いだい great; grand; magnificent
• 偉業いぎょう great achievement; great feat; great work
• 偉人いじん great person; eminent figure
• 偉い greatness; excellence; magnificence
• 偉いえらい great; excellent; admirable
• 偉観いかん magnificent sight; grand sight; spectacular view
• 偉挙いきょ excellent deeds
• 偉勲いくん great achievement
• 偉功いこう great deed
• 偉効いこう great effect
• 偉績いせき glorious achievements
• 偉徳いとく great virtue; outstanding virtue

Characters sharing the phonetic 韋

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “위” in Korean.

Other hanja read “위”

Other hanja with radical 人