1. 威
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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:
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猛

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  1. 猛 is the 1155th most frequent character.
  2. 猛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 猛 appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. 猛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
猛 => 犭, 孟
Radical :
猛 => 犭 (dog), 子 (child), 皿 (dish)
Graphical :
猛 => ㇁, ㇒, ㇇, 亅, 一, 冂, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. meng3 - ferocious/suddenly/fierce/violent/abrupt

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

猛 
猛击 (猛擊)

Medium Frequency

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