威

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: 女(おんな)

Meaning

Authority / Majesty / Power / Dignity

  • 威力いりょく — might / force
  • 威厳いげん — dignity / majesty
  • 威圧いあつ — coercion / overawing
  • 威光いこう — prestige / influence
  • 威信いしん — authority / credit
  • 威勢いせい — vigor / spirit
  • 権威けんい — authority
  • 国威こくい — national prestige
  • 威嚇いかく — intimidation / threat
  • 威張いばる — to swagger / to act big

In , the presence of the radical hints at a power that doesn’t need shouting — the kind of composed authority that makes others stand back. Historically, the rest of the form traces to martial elements, so the whole character blends soft presence with commanding force. That’s why it spreads across words for dignity, prestige, and might.

— power that impresses or intimidates.
— power that elevates or distinguishes.
One commands awe, the other earns admiration.

Forms

威厳いげん — dignity / majesty

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