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Authority Power Influence Sign March Women Intimidating 威

Kanji
Onyomi
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
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.
RTK Index 364

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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