Memory phrase for the Kanji: 威
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威 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| authority, power, prestige
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Pronunciation |
wēi |
Explanation |
Outside: garrison 戍 (persons 人 (= ノ+ 一) with halberds 戈), woman 女 |
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When the person with that halberd stands with one leg 一 above a woman, he has a powerful authority.
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Radicals
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戎
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military | The ten 十 (persons) at the halberd 戈 form the military. |
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女
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woman | The character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips? |
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戈
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halberd | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 威信 |
wēi xìn |
prestige; reputation; trust; credit with the people |
| 核威慑政策 |
hé wēi shè zhèng cè |
policy of nuclear intimidation |
| 威慑 |
wēi shè |
to cower by military force; deterrence |
| 挪威 |
Nuó wēi |
Norway |
| 鲍威尔 |
Bào wēi ěr |
Powell (name) |
| 威廉 |
Wēi lián |
William or Wilhelm (name) |
| 威尔逊 |
Wēi ěr xùn |
Wilson (name) |
| 艾森豪威尔 |
Ài sēn háo wēi ěr |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961 |
| 威胁 |
wēi xié |
to threaten; to menace |
| 示威 |
shì wēi |
to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force |
| 权威 |
quán wēi |
authority; authoritative; power and prestige |
| 权威 |
quán wēi |
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