威 – intimidate, dignity, majesty

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1103 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 威 means intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おど.す、おど.し、おど.かす (odosu, odoshi, odokasu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i
Kun’yomi	おど.す	odosu
Kun’yomi	おど.し	odoshi
Kun’yomi	おど.かす	odokasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: ノ・女・戈・厂.

Words using 威

威張るいばるto put on airs権威けんいauthority威力いりょくpower

Example sentences

あの人はあまり威張るから好きになれない。

That man is too boastful for my liking.

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学生たちは権威に反抗した。

The students revolted against authority.

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その建築家は権威ある賞を受賞したことを自慢した。

The architect boasted that he had received a prestigious award.

Tatoeba #211053

Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥妙娘嫌妊妹姉妨

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