力學

See also: 力学

Chinese

		power; force; strength	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (力學)		力	學
simp. (力学)		力	学
anagram		學力／学力

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts in its original verb form, "to study hard". The modern reading of "mechanics", Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 力学(りきがく) (rikigaku, “mechanics”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìxué

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ hok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-ha̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìsyué
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-hsüeh²
    • Yale: lì-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyue
    • Palladius: лисюэ (lisjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ hok⁶
    • Yale: lihk hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² hɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-ha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-ha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leghak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪk̚²⁴⁻² hak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 力學

1. (physics) mechanics

Verb

力學

1. (literary) to study hard

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
力	學
りき Grade: 1	がく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Proper noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 力学 (“mechanics”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
力	學

Noun

力學 • (yeokhak or McCune-Reischauer: yŏkhak or Yale: yek.hak) (hangeul 역학)

1. hanja form^? of 역학 (“mechanics”)