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Kanji Detail for 偉 - "great, grand"

偉

  • Meaning

    偉 means "great, grand." Also associated with large.

    1. Great - Excellent; outstanding; magnificent.

    2. Large - Big and impressive; flourishing.

  • Words using 偉

    • 偉大 いだい Listen great; grand; magnificent
    • 偉業 いぎょう Listen great achievement; great feat; great work
    • 偉人 いじん Listen great person; eminent figure

  • Four-character idioms with 偉

    • 容貌魁偉 ようぼうかいい Listen (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique

  • Tattoo check: 偉

    • Verified meaning: great, grand
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ある, い, いさむ, うぇい)
    • Also carries these associations: large

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 偉

    Given names 偉(いさむ)Listen 偉(すぐる)Listen 偉(まさる)Listen

    Surnames 偉(ある)Listen 偉(い)Listen 偉(うぇい)Listen 偉(つよし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    admirable; greatness; remarkable; conceited; famous; excellent

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    great, robust; extraordinary

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    big; large; great

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    great, imposing; extraordinary

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Marvelous; great. Such as 傀偉, 秀偉, 偉異, 偉岸, all describing the rarity of things and the tallness of physique. Also, those of great achievement and high position are called 偉人 (great person).

  • Onyomi

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    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    era.i(えら-い) えら-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    great large grand prosperous magnificent outstanding impressive eminent distinguished excellent exceptional extraordinary famous majestic noble notable renowned remarkable celebrated superior prestigious huge extensive substantial

Sentences including 偉

  • He became a great musician.

  • You must not look upon him as great.

  • You've done it !

  • He was a great musician.

  • It seems that he was a great athlete.

  • He is as great a novelist as ever lived.

  • They were all great men.

  • Everyone regarded him as a great singer.

  • His son became a great scientist.

  • He is as great a statesman as ever lived.

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