Jisho

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2 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Kun:
ちから
On:
リョクリキリイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
62 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 力 【リョク】 strength, power, proficiency, ability
  • 力作 【リキサク】 painstaking piece of work, work of great effort, tour de force, outstanding work, toil, labor, labour
  • 水力 【スイリョク】 hydraulic power, water power
  • 威力 【イリョク】 power, might, authority, influence
  • 力 【リキ】 strength, power, proficiency, ability, the strength of ... people, the strength of ... men
  • 力学 【リキガク】 mechanics, dynamics
  • 地力 【ジリキ】 one's own potential, real ability, one's own strength
  • 合力 【ゴウリョク】 resultant force, assistance, help, donation, alms, almsgiving

Kun reading compounds

  • 力 【ちから】 force, strength, might, vigour, vigor, energy, capability, ability, proficiency, capacity, faculty, efficacy, effect, effort, endeavours, endeavors, exertions, power, authority, influence, good offices, agency, support, help, aid, assistance, stress, emphasis, means, resources
  • 力強い 【ちからづよい】 powerful, strong, forceful, vigorous, reassuring, encouraging
  • 強い力 【つよいちから】 strong interaction, strong force
  • 弱い力 【よわいちから】 weak force, weak interaction

Readings

Japanese names:
じから、 つとむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeog

Spanish

  • potencia
  • poder
  • fuerza
  • energía
  • vigor
  • énfasis

Portuguese

  • força
  • forte
  • esforço
  • suportar
  • exercer

French

  • force
  • fort
  • puissance
  • tension
  • tenir le coup
  • s'efforcer
  • employer (force)
148 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
74 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
69 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
715 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
53 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
128 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
11 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.15 Japanese for Busy People
100 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
173 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
207 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4178 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2114 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
866 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2288 Morohashi
3371 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
521 New Nelson (John Haig)
858 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
922 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
9 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1645 2001 Kanji
2g0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
4002.7 Four corner code
1-46-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
529b Unicode hex code

14 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
Variants:
mochi rice cake
Kun:
もちもちい
On:
ヘイヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 餅餤 【ベイダン】 Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares
  • 餅盤 【ヘイバン】 laccolith
  • 画餅 【ガベイ】 something useless, picture of rice cakes
  • 供餅 【クモチ】 mochi rice cakes used as offering

Kun reading compounds

  • 餅 【もち】 mochi, small rice cake made from glutinous rice
  • 餅網 【もちあみ】 grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
  • 椿餅 【つばいもちい】 rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
  • 五平餅 【ごへいもち】 skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
  • 餅いなり 【もちいなり】 sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu
  • 椿餅 【つばいもちい】 rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
  • 愛敬の餅 【あいきょうのもちい】 Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing3
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • pastel de pasta de arroz

Portuguese

French

5166 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1219 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
44133X Morohashi
6689 New Nelson (John Haig)
2802 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1590 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2855 2001 Kanji
8b6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8874.1 Four corner code
1-44-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9905 Unicode hex code