威
wēi HSK6

power

威 wēi
prestige noun
reputation, authority, or influence derived from success or status

他的威名早已传遍了四方。

tā de wēi míng zǎo yǐ chuán​biàn le sì​fāng.

His fame and prestige have long since spread far and wide.

might verb
formidable power or strength that inspires awe or fear

他试图在新人面前立威。

tā shì​tú zài xīn​rén miàn​qián lì​wēi.

He tried to establish his authority in front of the newcomers.

Frequency
Character
Written text
622nd most common 333.6 per million
Movie subtitles
596th most common 237.9 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.3 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
36.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+5A01

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)