Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 威 【イ】 power, authority, might, influence, dignity, majesty
  • 威嚇 【イカク】 threat, intimidation, menace
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 国威 【コクイ】 national prestige

Kun reading compounds

  • 脅す 【おどす】 to threaten, to menace, to frighten (into doing)
  • 縅 【おどし】 leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
  • 脅し 【おどし】 threat, bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
  • 糸威 【いとおどし】 binding of plates with colored laces (in traditional suits of armor)
  • 白糸威 【しろいとおどし】 binding of plates with white laces (in traditional suits of armor)
  • 脅かす 【おどかす】 to threaten, to menace, to intimidate, to startle, to frighten, to scare

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 たけ、 たけし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei1
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • dignidad
  • majestad
  • amenazar
  • intimidar
  • fuerza

Portuguese

  • intimidar
  • dignidade
  • majestade
  • ameaça
  • ameaçar

French

  • intimidant
  • dignité
  • majesté
  • menacer
1002 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
982 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1011 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1194 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1251 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1339 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1422 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1333 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
428 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2993 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
370 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6259 Morohashi
3578 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219 New Nelson (John Haig)
364 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
389 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1243 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-9-4 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-16-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a01 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
orders, laws, command, decree, good
On:
レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
804 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 令 【レイ】 command, order, dictation, nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
  • 令状 【レイジョウ】 warrant, summons, written order
  • 号令 【ゴウレイ】 order (esp. to a number of people), command, ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
  • 政令 【セイレイ】 government ordinance, cabinet order

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 りょう、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling4, ling2, ling3
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • órdenes
  • leyes

Portuguese

  • pedidos
  • leis antigas
  • comando
  • decreto

French

  • ordre
  • anciennes lois
  • décret
736 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
633 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
603 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
668 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
360 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
496 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
303 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
155 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
831 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
850 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
998 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
46 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2489 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1413 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
387 Morohashi
1995 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
121 New Nelson (John Haig)
1401 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1503 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
460 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2844 2001 Kanji
2a3.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
8030.7 Four corner code
8022.7 Four corner code
1-46-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ee4 Unicode hex code