威
Meanings
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- 1.power
- 2.might
- 3.prestige
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Wiktionary
- 1.pomp
- 2.power
- 3.powerful
- 4.to dominate; to display power
- 5.imposing; awe-inspiring
- 6.to be imposing; to be awe-inspiring
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戌 + 女. 畏 (OC *quls, “to fear”) is the exoactive derivation of 威 (OC *qul, “to overawe”), literally "to be intimidated" (Schuessler, 2007). In early writing, the character for 畏 was sometimes used directly as a substitute of 威 (wēi) (e.g. in the Da Yu ding inscription). 鬼 (OC *kulʔ, “ghost”) is a derivation (Baxter and Sagart, 1998).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
你看起來很威嚴。
You look very dignified.
湯姆威脅過你嗎？
Did Tom ever threaten you?
我覺得我的名譽受到了威脅。
I felt that my honor was at stake.
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Derived terms
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