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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
女 戌 ⿵戌女
Mandarin
wei1
English
Definitions
power; prestige; might; dominate; pomp; powerful
Mnemonic
The way a woman 女 feels when threatened by a weapon 戌
Etymology
Notes
Originally meant fear; now by extension means power and prestige