IDENTITY
威wēipower; might
HSK 4Top 800
CORE MEANING
power; might
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.power; prestigeHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 女woman radical (nǚ)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿵戌女
- the halberd (weapon)
- the subdued one
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
威风wēifēngmajestic
威力wēilìpower
威胁wēixiéto threaten
Graded examples
他说话很有威信。Tā shuōhuà hěn yǒu wēixìn.HSK6
He speaks with authority.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
A weapon (戌) held over a woman (女) — might, awe.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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