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EntryCommonJLPT N2WaniKani 51

  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary

    私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。
    I discerned the potential of great things in him.

  2. distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous

  3. awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. tiring; tough; hard

    Usually written using kana alone

  5. Adverb (fukushi)

    very; extremely

    Usually written using kana aloneKansai dialect

Also written 豪い【えらい】

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Characters in this word

1
偉
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admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent

Kun
えら.い
On
イ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1639 of 2500
Radical
人 person
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

化口韋

Used in names as

ひで

Words starting with 偉Words ending in 偉Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-10SKIP code
2a10.5The Kanji Dictionary
2425.6Four corner code
2155deroo
5049Unicode hex code
1-16-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
506Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
285New Nelson (John Haig)
148New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
111Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1643Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1772Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1532A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1535Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1098Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
837Morohashi
1005A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1053Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1096Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
327Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1504Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1242Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
123Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1658Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wei3Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level