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偉 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
イい · i
Kun
えら.いera.i
Meaning
great; admirable

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" with 韋: a person beyond the ordinary — great, admirable.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onイいi偉大いだい偉人いじん偉観いかん
Kunえらいerai偉いえらい偉ぶるえらぶる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 偉大いだい

    great

  • 偉業いぎょう

    great achievement

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

偉大(いだい)な発見(はっけん)が世界(せかい)を変(か)えた。

A great discovery changed the world.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

偉大偉業偉大big業work仰look…伺inquir…依rely…俗custom侵invade為do威dignit…違differ維tie緯latitu…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading イAll maps

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