偉
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「人」+音符「韋」。「おおきい」「すぐれた」を意味する漢語｛偉｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- イJHS
- Kun (native)
- えら(い)JHS
- Nanori (used in names)
- ひで
- Other languages
- 拼音wei3
- 한글wi
- Hán-ViệtVĩ
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 人(ひと)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+5049
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻韋
Words using this kanji
- 偉大いだい並外れて優れており、大きいこと。めったにない程に優れており、功績や魅力が大きいこと。great, grand, magnificent, outstanding
- 偉業いぎょう素晴らしく、優れた仕事や業績のこと。great achievement, great feat, great work, great undertaking
- 偉人いじん偉大な人。並外れて優れた人。普通ではなく優れた人。 歴史にような優れた功績を遺した人。great person, eminent figure
- 偉いえらいえらいを参照せよ。great, excellent, admirable, commendable
- 偉いgreatness, excellence, magnificence
- 偉えらtremendous, big, great, terrible
- 偉観いかん見事な景色やみもの。magnificent sight, grand sight, spectacular view, fine spectacle
- 偉挙いきょexcellent deeds
- 偉勲いくん優れた、また立派な手柄。great achievement
- 偉功いこう優れた立派なてがらや業績。great deed
- 偉効いこう優れた効き目や効能。great effect
- 偉績いせき偉大で優れた功績。glorious achievements
- 偉徳いとくgreat virtue, outstanding virtue
- 偉烈いれつgreat achievement
- 偉跡いせき偉大で優れた事跡。remaining works, results of a man's labor (labour)
- 偉物えらぶつtalented person, great man, great woman
- 偉くえらくawfully, terribly, tremendously, exceedingly
- 偉志いしgrand ambition, lofty aspirations
- 偉い人えらいひとcelebrated personage, big-wig, person in a high position
- 偉がるえらがるto be conceited, to think highly of oneself
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-2-10- Four Corner
2425.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a10.5- Heisig
- 1772
- Nelson
- 506