力

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Pictographic representation of an arm bending out from the side of the body.

[edit] Han character

力 (radical 19 力+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 大尸 (KS), four-corner 4002₇)

1. power, capability, influence

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 146, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2288
• Dae Jaweon: page 327, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 364, character 4
• Unihan data for U+529B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

力 (jyutping lik6, Yale lik6)

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[edit] Japanese

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力 (grade 1 kanji)

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• On: りょく (ryoku), りき (riki)
• Kun: ちから (chikara), つとめる (tsutomeru), りきむ (rikimu)
• Nazuke: いさお (isao), いさむ (isamu), お (o), か (ka), ちか (chika), ちから (chikara), つとむ (tsutomu), よし (yoshi)
• Nanori: じから (jikara), つとむ (tsutomu)

[edit] Noun

力 (hiragana ちから, romaji chikara)

1. power

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[edit] Korean

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力 (력/역) (yeog, ryeog)

1. (힘): strength, power
2. (힘쓰다): to endeavor
3. (애써): strivingly

[edit] Compounds

• 魔力 (마력, maryeok)

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力 (pinyin lì (li4), Wade-Giles li⁴)

• Compounds:
  • 巧克力 (qiǎokèlì)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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力 (*liək)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

力 (lực, sức, sực, sựt)