The kanji 威: meaning, readings and stroke order

威

Meaning: might, threaten
On reading: イ i
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: uy lực, doạ (uy)
Japanese: つよいちから。おどかす。
Korean: 위엄, 으르다 (위)
Chinese: 威力、威胁

Readings, words and example sentences

イ i · on reading

威い力りょく
power, force
台風の 威い力りょくにおどろきました。
I was surprised by the power of the typhoon.

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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.