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Kanji Information Sheet for 勢 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 力 (ちから) – strong
Henshall Mnemonic: strong power forces up round earthen mounds
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #260 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #260 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 勢い [いきおい]
(adv,n) force; vigor; energy; spirit; life; authority; influence; power; might; impetus; course (of events); tendency; necessarily [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 態勢 [たいせい]
(n) attitude; conditions; preparations [K] [D] [Jisho] - 優勢 [ゆうせい]
(adj-na,n) superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勢力 [せいりょく]
(n) influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 形勢 [けいせい]
(n) condition; situation; prospects [K] [D] [Jisho] - 情勢 [じょうせい]
(n) state of things; condition; situation [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 劣勢 [れっせい]
(adj-na,n) numerical inferiority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総勢 [そうぜい]
(n) all members; whole army [K] [D] [Jisho] - 気勢 [きせい]
(n) fervour; vigour; ardour; spirit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国勢 [こくせい]
(n) state (condition, strength) of a country [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国勢調査 [こくせいちょうさ]
(n) (national) census [K] [D] [Jisho] - 実勢 [じっせい]
(adj-no,n) actual; real; true [K] [D] [Jisho] - 守勢 [しゅせい]
(n) (being on the) defensive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大勢 [たいせい]
(n) general trend; current thought [K] [D] [Jisho] - 攻勢 [こうせい]
(n) offensive (movement); aggression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 伊勢神宮 [いせじんぐう]
Grand Shrine at Ise [K] [D] [Jisho] - 伊勢丹 [いせたん]
Isetan (department store) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勢 [はずみ]
spring; bound; rebound; inertia; momentum; impetus; stimulus; impulse; instant; chance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 党勢 [とうせい]
(n) strength of a party [K] [D] [Jisho] - 体勢 [たいせい]
(n) posture; stance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 威勢 [いせい]
(n) power; might; authority [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.