Memory phrase for the character: 力

力

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Meaning

strength, effort

Pronunciation

RYOKU, RIKI
chikara

Explanation

 A hand or arm with an extra part ノ for the strength of the biceps

Mnemonic
 
With a strengthened arm you have power.

Radicals

力 power forceFor example, left 左 or right 右 is understood as a hand ナ with a forearm. If the other line is seen as a bicep, this can be understood as "force".




 Vocabulary

力 ちから  strength, power
協力 きょうりょく  cooperation, collaboration
人力車 じんりきしゃ  Riksha
引力 いんりょく  gravity
努力 どりょく  great effort, exertion, endeavour, effort
勢力 せいりょく  influence, power, might, strength, potency, energy
体力 たいりょく  physical strength
力強い ちからづよい  reassuring, emboldened
動力 どうりょく  power, motive power, dynamic force

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