威
威 — wi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 위엄 위
- Romanization
- wi
- English
- pomp, power; powerful; dominate
- Mandarin
- wēi
- Japanese on'yomi
- イ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- おど.す おど.し おど.かす
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,103 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 女 (38, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5A01
Parts that make up 威
How 威 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 威 as a ideographic compound involving 戌, 女.
Korean example words with 威
- 무위武威 Korean gloss: 무력의 위세
- 왕위王威 Korean gloss: 임금의 위엄
- 음위淫威 Korean gloss: 대단한 위세
- 영위靈威 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 위력
- 위령威令 Korean gloss: 위엄이 있는 명령
- 위명威名 Korean gloss: 위력이 있는 명성
- 위품威品 Korean gloss: 위엄이 있는 인품
- 국위國威 Korean gloss: 나라의 권위나 위력
- 위무威武 Korean gloss: 위엄이 있고 씩씩함
- 위의威儀 Korean gloss: 예법에 맞는 몸가짐
- 폭위暴威 Korean gloss: 거칠고 사나운 위세
- 위용威容 Korean gloss: 위엄찬 모양이나 모습
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 威
- 脅威きょうい threat; menace
- 権威けんい authority; power; influence
- 威力いりょく power; might; authority
- 球威きゅうい (pitcher's) stuff
- 威信いしん prestige; dignity
- 威嚇いかく threat; intimidation; menace
- 威勢いせい power; might; authority
- 猛威もうい fury; power; menace
- 威圧いあつ coercion; overpowering; overawing
- 威厳いげん dignity; majesty; solemnity
- 威光いこう power; authority; influence
- 国威こくい national prestige
Characters sharing the phonetic 威
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “위”
Other hanja with radical 女
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences