# 威 terrible majesty

成 (become) + 女 (woman)
★☆☆☆☆
9 strokes
BETA CCW
This is one of the most "no-English-equivalent-y" words in the whole Japanese language. Why is majestic stuff scary? Who is scared of Prince? He's like five feet tall. I guess you have to think like a medieval peasant to really get the meaning.

## Onyomi

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## Mnemonic

| The dude became a woman, and as she vogued majestically, and I was scared!

## Jukugo

威厳(いげん) のある | majestic/scary ★★☆☆☆ 威 (terrible majesty) + 厳 (strict) = 威厳 (majestic/scary) majestic , slow and dignified but scary - like a bunch of gangsters slowly walking down the street while the Peter Gunn theme plays. Or a parade float of your mom's neck-beard.
権威(けんい) | authority ★★☆☆☆ 権 (rights) + 威 (terrible majesty) = 権威 (authority) an authority one has based on power alone (parents, cops, etc.) rather than on rights (authority based on rights is　権利（けんり））
威張ってる(いばってる) | arrogant ★☆☆☆☆ 1/2 KANA 威 (terrible majesty) + 張 (stretch) = 威張ってる (arrogant)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
厳 | strict | NEEDLE | 針
歳 | years old | STOP | 止
滅 | annihilate | FIRE AND WATER | 水
威 | terrible majesty | WOMAN | 女

The strict nurse injects you with a NEEDLE,

but the drug STOPS you from aging.

Both FIRE AND WATER can annihilate a city,

but that WOMAN has a terrible majesty even more scary!

## Synonyms

power, authority 勢い 力 権力 威力 政権 権利 権威