• 622nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (wei1)power • might • prestige

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

助威 
夏威夷 
威力 
威尼斯 
威武 
威胁 (威脅)
权威 (權威)

Uncommon

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 

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  • 1155th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. měng (meng3)ferocious • suddenly • fierce • violent • abrupt

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for měng (meng3)The component is pronounced as 'mèng' (meng4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for měng (meng3)The component is pronounced as 'mǐn' (min3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

猛击 (猛擊)

Uncommon

凶猛 (兇猛)
勇猛 
威猛 
猛地 
猛料 
猛烈 
猛然 
猛犸 (猛獁)
生猛 
迅猛 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.