Radical 19 (original) (raw)

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Chinese character radical

"力" redirects here. For the Japanese katakana カ, see Ka (kana).

力
← 18 Radical 19 (U+2F12) 20 →
力 (U+529B) "power"
Pronunciations
Pinyin: lì
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧˋ
Wade–Giles: li4
Cantonese Yale: lik6
Jyutping: lik6
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t (col.)le̍k (lit.)
Japanese Kana: リョク ryoku / リキ riki (on'yomi)ちから chikara (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean: 힘 him
Names
Chinese name(s): 力字旁 lìzìpáng
Japanese name(s): 力 chikara
Hangul: 력 (역) ryeok
Stroke order animation

Radical 19 or radical power (力部) meaning "power" or "force" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 2 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 163 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

力 is also the 23rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Strokes Characters
+0 力
+1 劜
+2 劝SC (=勸) 办SC (=辦 -> 辛)
+3 功 加 务SC (=務) 劢SC (=勱)
+4 劣 劤 劥 劦 劧 动SC (=動) 攰
+5 助 努 劫 劬 劭 劮 劯 劰 励SC/JP (=勵) 劲SC (=勁) 劳SC (=勞) 労JP (=勞)
+6 劵 劶 劷 劸 効JP/variant (=效 -> 攴) 劺 劻 劼 劽 劾 势SC (=勢)
+7 勀 勁 勂 勃 勄 勅JP/variant (=敕 -> 攴) 勆 勇 勈 勉 勊 勋SC (=勛/勳) 巭KO
+8 勌 勍 勎 勏 勐 勑
+9 勒 勓 勔 動 勖 勗 勘 務 勚SC (=勩)
+10 勛 勜 勝 勞
+11 募 勠 勡 勢 勣 勤 勥 勦 勧JP (=勸)
+12 勨 勩 勪 勫 勬 勭
+13 勮 勯 勰 勱 勲JP (=勳)
+14 勳
+15 勴 勵 勶
+17 勷
+18 勸

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.