power / might / prestige

= + : Mnemonic symbol: James Clerk Maxwell, 马克斯威

Maxwell holds a special lecture in front of the Eiffel Tower, and his students are Bessie Coleman, Willie Walrus and a cute poodle. Maxwell spends a lot of time explaining the inverse power law of electrostatic forces.

威 character breakdown

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
used in 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 r5]
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

= + : Mnemonic symbol: another dog, this time a cute little poodle.

Xu Xian is on vacation in outer space. He parked his recreational vehicle, his fifth wheel, in front of the space station and enjoys throwing flutes for his cute poodle to fetch.

Characters with 威 as component

high, lofty / precipitous
to sprain (one's ankle) / see 崴子[wai3 zi5]
luxuriant
(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)
see 蛜蝛[yi1 wei1]

Words with 威

whiskey (loanword)
Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
might / formidable power
Wales, constituent nation of UK
fierce / formidable
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong

Sentences with 威

ya̅o
hóu
rú
cǐ
dà
dǎn
 
 
mào
fàn
tia̅n
we̅i