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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

(radical 19 +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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping lik6, Yale lik6)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Noun

(hiragana ちから, romaji chikara)

  1. power

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

力 (력/역) (yeog, ryeog)

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


[edit] Compounds


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin (li4), Wade-Giles li4)


[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*liək)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(lực, sức, sực, sựt)

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