The kanji 偉: meaning, readings and stroke order
偉
- Meaning
- great, admirable
- On reading
- イ i
- Kun reading
- えら(い) erai
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vĩ đại, giỏi giang (vĩ)
- Japanese
- えらい。りっぱ。
- Korean
- 훌륭하다, 위대하다 (위)
- Chinese
- 伟大、了不起 (伟)
Readings, words and example sentences
イ i · on reading
偉人
great person
偉人の 伝記を 読みます。
I read the life stories of great people.
えら(い) erai · kun reading
偉い
great, admirable
毎日 続けて 偉いです。
You keep it up every day. That's great.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.