威
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power; might; prestige
Formation & memory
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Words with 威
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马克斯威尔 | James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) | |
| 新南威尔士州 | New South Wales (Australian state) | |
| 威海市 | Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3] | |
| 马拉威 | Malawi (Tw) | |
| 新南威尔士 | New South Wales, southeast Australian state | |
| 威利斯 | Willis (name) | |
| 华威大学 | University of Warwick, Coventry, UK | |
| 下马威 | display of severity immediately on taking office; (fig.) initial show of strength | |
| 威尼斯商人 | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare | |
| 威尔士语 | Welsh (language) | |
| 海明威 | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist | |
| 威尼斯 | Venice; Venezia | |
| 威信县 | Weixin, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 斯威士兰 | Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | |
| 科威特 | Kuwait | |
| 格林威治 | Greenwich | |
| 威县 | Wei County or Weixian, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 威尔士 | Wales, constituent nation of UK | |
| 国威 | national prestige | |
| 比威力 | yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon) |
Sound family
These characters use 威 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 威 sound part | might, power, prestige; to dominate | |
| 崴 | high, lofty, precipitous; to sprain | |
| 葳 | flourishing; luxuriant |