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Chinese character radical
"力" redirects here. For the: Japanese katakana , see Ka (kana).
← 18 U+2F12) 20 →
(U+529B) "power"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
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/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.

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

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 (=勸) (= -> )
+3 (=務) (=勱)
+4 (=動)
+5 (=勵) (=勁) (=勞) (=勞)
+6 (= -> Radical 66) (=勢)
+7 (= -> -> ) (=勛/勳)
+8
+9 (=勩)
+10
+11 (=勸)
+12
+13 (=勳)
+14
+15
+17
+18

Sinogram

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. It is a first grade kanji


References

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

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph——to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

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