Read Edit View history 威 wēi HSK6 power Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a weapon (戌) used to force a woman (女) into submission. Pinyin Separate values with commas wēi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an axe. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 威 Simp strokes 威 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 威 Simp strokes 威 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 威 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 313, 561 ], [ 333, 548 ], [ 387, 551 ], [ 535, 576 ], [ 712, 617 ], [ 771, 618 ] ], [ [ 242, 581 ], [ 275, 547 ], [ 278, 531 ], [ 259, 359 ], [ 245, 294 ], [ 218, 203 ], [ 178, 114 ], [ 124, 33 ], [ 93, -2 ] ], [ [ 344, 415 ], [ 381, 410 ], [ 505, 442 ], [ 544, 441 ] ], [ [ 395, 389 ], [ 418, 365 ], [ 350, 181 ], [ 371, 165 ], [ 422, 145 ], [ 490, 106 ], [ 511, 91 ], [ 553, 42 ] ], [ [ 511, 339 ], [ 533, 313 ], [ 535, 291 ], [ 511, 223 ], [ 472, 144 ], [ 430, 92 ], [ 383, 56 ], [ 336, 30 ], [ 286, 15 ] ], [ [ 276, 275 ], [ 280, 265 ], [ 303, 256 ], [ 495, 303 ], [ 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499 348 503 334 Q 504 325 506 315 L 505 294 Q 490 216 452 153 L 425 117 Z", "M 262 260 Q 275 247 296 231 Q 303 228 312 233 Q 336 246 362 255 L 402 266 Q 447 279 496 292 Q 499 293 505 294 C 534 300 536 320 506 315 Q 463 308 416 298 L 374 291 Q 343 288 309 282 Q 293 279 269 283 Q 268 283 268 282 C 239 282 240 281 262 260 Z", "M 696 179 Q 756 71 851 -2 Q 917 -41 945 -36 Q 964 -29 953 -2 Q 946 50 940 203 Q 939 222 931 222 Q 927 222 895 115 Q 880 67 855 75 Q 843 81 826 93 Q 769 145 725 217 L 699 266 Q 645 377 606 566 L 597 614 Q 582 713 588 780 Q 598 826 536 845 Q 496 860 475 850 Q 453 840 465 820 Q 520 778 522 741 Q 535 668 551 602 L 561 558 Q 606 360 674 223 L 696 179 Z", "M 674 223 Q 646 178 584 111 Q 578 107 575 101 Q 571 91 580 91 Q 595 90 628 116 Q 664 138 696 179 L 725 217 Q 749 254 809 395 Q 825 434 826 438 Q 825 439 825 440 Q 815 459 788 479 Q 773 492 760 491 Q 747 487 750 473 Q 766 416 699 266 L 674 223 Z", "M 701 747 Q 735 723 770 695 Q 783 685 799 686 Q 809 687 813 700 Q 816 715 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