Question

威 おど.す、おど.し、おど.かす intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten 1 1103 9 38 おんな・おんなへん 会意 Compound Ideographic The march of women - against intimidation in the workplace - is pretty intimidating in itself!

Accepted Answer

イ いさ, たけ, たけし 権威(けんい): authority; power; influence威力(いりょく): power; might; authority; influence威張る(いばる): to be proud; to swagger S 戌: sign of the dog; 7-9PM; eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac女: woman; female 女 3 (none) intimidate Interesting that this kanji also has the meanings of "dignity" and "threaten." I can see how a march of women in Japan would be seen as intimidating by most men.

Kanji	威
Onyomi	イ
Kunyomi	おど.す、おど.し、おど.かす
Nanori	いさ, たけ, たけし
English	intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten
Examples	権威(けんい): authority; power; influence 威力(いりょく): power; might; authority; influence 威張る(いばる): to be proud; to swagger
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1103
Components	戌: sign of the dog; 7-9PM; eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac 女: woman; female
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	女
Radical Number	38
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	おんな・おんなへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	intimidate
Koohii Story 1	The march of women - against intimidation in the workplace - is pretty intimidating in itself!
Koohii Story 2	Interesting that this kanji also has the meanings of "dignity" and "threaten." I can see how a march of women in Japan would be seen as intimidating by most men.

Authority Power Influence Sign March Women Intimidating 威