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力

N4

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • power
  • strength
  • strong
  • strain
  • bear up
  • exert

On'yomi (音読み)

  • リョク
  • リキ
  • リイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ちから
Strokes
2
JLPT Level
N4
Frequency
#109
School Grade
Grade 1
Radical
力#19 · power

Components

Common Words

  • 力むりきむGodanto strain (oneself), to bear down, to exert oneself, to try (too) hard, to draw one's body taut
  • 力学りきがくNounmechanics, dynamics
  • 力作りきさくNounpainstaking piece of work, work of great effort, tour de force, outstanding work
  • 力士りきしNounsumo wrestler, rikishi
  • 力説りきせつNounemphasizing (a point, argument, etc.), stressing, insistence, arguing strongly (for, against)
  • 力点りきてんNounemphasis, stress, main point, importance
  • 力投りきとうNounpitching with all one's strength
  • 力量りきりょうNounability, capacity, capability, talent

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