| Kanji | 偉 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | イ |
| Kunyomi | えら.い |
| Nanori | ひで |
| English | admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent |
| Examples | 偉大(いだい): greatness 偉い(えらい): (1) great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent (2) awful; terrible |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1639 |
| Components | 人: person 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) |
| Number of Strokes | 12 |
| Kanji Radical | 人 |
| Radical Number | 9 |
| Radical Strokes | 2 |
| Radical Reading | ひと・にんべん・ひとやね |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | admirable |
| Koohii Story 1 | LOCKETs often carry inside them a picture of a PERSON we find ADMIRABLE. |
| Koohii Story 2 | For locket: The locket (key dangling from something, the vertical stroke) opens like a mouth, but you need a jeweler´s monocle to make out the pictures within. ----- Dracula survives a staking attempt when the locket with Mina´s admirable picture deflects the blow. "It was an admirable attempt," he admits as he sucks his attacker´s blood. |
| RTK Index | 1643 |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000
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