力
Radical 19 (U+2F12)
力 (U+529B) "power"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:lì
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 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

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0力
+1劜
+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 -> Radical 66) 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勳
+15勴 勵 勶
+17勷
+18勸

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.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]


References

  1. 1 2 "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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