Memory phrase for the character: 威

威

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Meaning

authority, power, prestige

Pronunciation

wēi

Explanation

 Outside: garrison 戍 (persons 人 (= ノ+ 一) with halberds 戈), woman 女

Mnemonic
 
When the person with that halberd stands with one leg 一 above a woman, he has a powerful authority.

Radicals

戎 militaryThe ten 十 (persons) at the halberd 戈 form the military.
女 womanThe 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?
戈 halberd




 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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