Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
Kun:
えら.い
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1639 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 偉 【イ】 greatness, excellence, magnificence
  • 偉業 【イギョウ】 great achievement, great feat, great work, great undertaking
  • 魁偉 【カイイ】 brawny, muscular, impressive, gigantic
  • 容貌魁偉 【ヨウボウカイイ】 (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique

Kun reading compounds

  • 偉い 【えらい】 great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary, distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous, awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe, tiring, tough, hard, very, extremely
  • 偉いこっちゃ 【えらいこっちゃ】 what are we going to do?, uh-oh, oh crap, what a mess, oh brother

Readings

Japanese names:
ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei3
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • admirable
  • notable
  • excelente

Portuguese

  • admirável
  • grandeza
  • notável
  • conceituado
  • excelente
  • famoso

French

  • admirable
  • grandeur
  • remarquable
  • vaniteux
  • célèbre
  • excellent
1005 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1532 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
506 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1098 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
327 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1535 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1053 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1096 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
123 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
167 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
128 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1658 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
837 Morohashi
148 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
285 New Nelson (John Haig)
1643 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1772 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1504 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2425.6 Four corner code
1-16-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5049 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
exploits, achievements, unreeling cocoons
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
820 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戦績 【センセキ】 war or military record, score, military achievements, results
  • 紡績 【ボウセキ】 spinning (textiles), spun yarn

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • hilado
  • hilar
  • resultados del trabajo
  • acto meritorio

Portuguese

  • façanhas
  • casulo intacto (sem desenrolar)

French

  • performance
  • cocons non déroulés
650 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
752 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
729 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
760 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3602 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
805 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
829 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2814 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1117 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1169 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
885 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1559 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1788 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1556 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27845 Morohashi
1412 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4579 New Nelson (John Haig)
1542 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1662 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
820 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2761 2001 Kanji
6a11.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
2598.6 Four corner code
1-32-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e3e Unicode hex code