1. 威
  2. 嚴

威

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  1. 威 is the 622nd most frequent character.
  2. 威 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 威 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 威 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
威 => 戌, 女
Radical :
威 => 厂 (cliff), 戈 (spear), 一 (one), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
威 => 厂, 戈, 一, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei1 - power/might/prestige

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

助威 
夏威夷 
威力 
威尼斯 
威武 
威胁 (威脅)
权威 (權威)

Medium Frequency

威 
威信 
威仪 (威儀)
威严 (威嚴)
威士忌 
威廉 
威望 
威海 
威尔士 (威爾士)
威猛 
威逼 
威风 (威風)
挪威 
荣威 (榮威)
武威 
海明威 
淫威 
百威 
示威 
示威者 
科威特 
路易威登 

Appears In:

威 also appears in:
崴葳

嚴

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Meta:

  1. 嚴 is the 545th most frequent character.
  2. 嚴 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 嚴 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 嚴 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嚴 => 吅, 𠪚
Radical :
嚴 => 吅 (N/A), 厂 (cliff), No glyph available, 耳 (ear), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
嚴 => 吅, 厂, 匚, 二, 丨, 二, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - tight (closely sealed)/stern/strict/rigorous/severe/father

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嚴 (yan2): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

严寒 (嚴寒)
严肃 (嚴肅)
严重 (嚴重)
尊严 (尊嚴)

Medium Frequency

严 (嚴)
严冬 (嚴冬)
严厉 (嚴厲)
严严实实 (嚴嚴實實)
严实 (嚴實)
严峻 (嚴峻)
严惩 (嚴懲)
严查 (嚴查)
严格 (嚴格)
严禁 (嚴禁)
严谨 (嚴謹)
威严 (威嚴)
庄严 (莊嚴)

Appears In:

嚴 also appears in:
讝麣
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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