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Radical 19

Chinese character radical


Summary

Chinese character radical

FieldValue
19uni529B
meaningpower
pny
bopoㄌㄧˋ
wadeli4
jyutpinglik6
pojla̍t (col.)
le̍k (lit.)
cn力字旁 lìzìpáng
yalelik6
onyomiリョク ryoku / リキ riki
kunyomiちから chikara
jp力 chikara
hang힘 him
hanja력 (역) ryeok
hanvietlực

|19|uni=529B le̍k (lit.)

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.

Evolution

File:力-w.svg|Bronze script character File:力-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:力-seal.svg|Small seal script character

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0
+1
+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
+15勴 勵 勶
+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

Literature

  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993,

References

  1. "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo".
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