A kanji
力
power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
- 2 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 62 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
リョク、リキ、リイ
Kun'yomi
ちから
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 力 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 力 30 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 6 words
JLPT N2 · 10 words
JLPT N1 · 13 words
- 圧力あつりょくstress, pressure
- 権力けんりょく(political) power, authority, influence
- 動力どうりょくpower, motive power, dynamic force
- 威力いりょくpower, might, authority
- 勢力せいりょくinfluence, power, might, strength
- 戦力せんりょくwar potential
- 体力たいりょくphysical strength
- 弾力だんりょくelasticity, flexibility
- 労力ろうりょくlabor, effort, trouble
- 浮力ふりょくbuoyancy
- 武力ぶりょくarmed might, military power, the sword, force
- 暴力ぼうりょくviolence
- 有力ゆうりょくinfluence, prominence; potent
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 力.
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