威

威 — intimidate, dignity, majesty

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1103 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: い i
Kun'yomi: おど.す odo.su

おど.し odo.shi

おど.かす odo.kasu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 威

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