力 — power, strength, effort

ちから力 power

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 2 strokes internet sports

U+529B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #62 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #858 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #19

Meanings

power
strength
effort

word

ちから chikara Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

力(ちから) chikara power 力(ちから) 強(づよ) い chikarazuyoi powerful

りょく ryoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

入(にゅう) 力(りょく) nyuuryoku input 出(しゅつ) 力(りょく) shutsuryoku output 学(がく) 力(りょく) gakuryoku academic ability 気(き) 力(りょく) kiryoku willpower 火(か) 力(りょく) karyoku firepower 電(でん) 力(りょく) denryoku electric power 体(たい) 力(りょく) tairyoku physical strength 原(げん) 子(し) 力(りょく) genshiryoku atomic energy

りき riki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

力(りき) 学(がく) rikigaku mechanics 自(じ) 力(りき) jiriki one's own power 馬(ば) 力(りき) bariki horsepower 力(りき) 量(りょう) rikiryou ability 力(りき) 士(し) rikishi sumo wrestler

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (22)

おとこ男 male うごく動 move じょ助 help べん勉 exertion か加 add ろう労 labor つとめる努 toil こう功 achievement つとめる務 task いきおい勢 forces

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#19 力 power