威(wēi)

HSK 69 strokes

power

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Character information

Pinyin
wēi
Meaning
power; might; prestige
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 威 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿻戌女

Dominating a woman 女 by force of arms 戈

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

戌xū女nǚ

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 威 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 威

Common words using 威 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhù助wēi威
HSK 7-9

to cheer for; to encourage; to boost the morale of

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wēi威xìn信
HSK 7-9

see 威信县

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wēi威lì力
HSK 7-9

might

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guó国wēi威

national prestige

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wēi威yà亚

(loanword) stunt wires

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xià下mǎ马wēi威

display of severity immediately on taking office

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zuò作wēi威zuò作fú福

tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

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běi北wēi威zhōu州

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Related characters

More HSK 6 characters

丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 威’s common words

助信力国亚下马作

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