Chinese Character 威 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

威 meaning[3] in English

Power.

Might.

Prestige.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are see 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 … (戌) , and female (女)

Its radical[1] is: (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .nv3female

In cangjie it is written with IHMV

How to write 威

To writewei1power you should write a combination of xu1see 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 … , nv3female arranged in a shape:

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威 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 威 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:wei1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Power . Might . Prestige

Pinyin:xu1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]

Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge

Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 威in English or Chinese