偉
偉 — Admirable
admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
On’yomiイ (i)
Kun’yomiえらい (erai)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 偉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偉大 | いだい idai | great; grand; magnificent |
| 偉い | えらい erai | great; excellent; admirable |
| 偉業 | いぎょう igyou | great achievement; great feat; great work |
| 偉人 | いじん ijin | great person; eminent figure |
| 偉 | い i | greatness; excellence; magnificence |
Study notes
偉 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1639 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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