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Kanji Information Sheet for 力 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 力 (ちから) – strong
Henshall Mnemonic: hand pressing down with strength
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #62 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #62 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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JLPT N4 Words
- 力 [ちから]
(n) force; strength; energy; might; power; agency; authority; influence; vigor; stress; emphasis; exertions; endeavors; efficacy; help; support; good offices; ability; faculty; capability; attainment; means; resources [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 魅力 [みりょく]
(n) charm; fascination; glamour [K] [D] [Jisho] - 強力 [きょうりょく]
(adj-na,n) powerful; strong [K] [D] [Jisho] - 能力 [のうりょく]
(n) ability; faculty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 協力 [きょうりょく]
(n,vs) cooperation; collaboration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 努力 [どりょく]
(n,vs) great effort; exertion; endeavour; effort [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 引力 [いんりょく]
(n) gravity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力 [りょく]
(n-suf) strength; power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力強い [ちからづよい]
(adj) reassuring; emboldened [K] [D] [Jisho] - 活力 [かつりょく]
(n) vitality; energy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速力 [そくりょく]
(n) speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 重力 [じゅうりょく]
(n) gravity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 実力 [じつりょく]
(n) merit; efficiency; arms; force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全力 [ぜんりょく]
(n) all one's power; whole energy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電力 [でんりょく]
(n) electric power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 学力 [がくりょく]
(n) scholarship; knowledge; literary ability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 効力 [こうりょく]
(n) effect; efficacy; validity; potency [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 労力 [ろうりょく]
(n) labour; effort; toil; trouble [K] [D] [Jisho] - 威力 [いりょく]
(n) power; might; authority; influence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 武力 [ぶりょく]
(n) armed might; military power; the sword; force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 体力 [たいりょく]
(n) physical strength [K] [D] [Jisho] - 有力 [ゆうりょく]
(adj-na,n) (1) influence; prominence; (2) potent [K] [D] [Jisho] - 弾力 [だんりょく]
(n) elasticity; flexibility [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暴力 [ぼうりょく]
(n) violence; mayhem [K] [D] [Jisho] - 権力 [けんりょく]
(n) (political) power; authority; influence [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 水力 [すいりょく]
(n) hydraulic power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 馬力 [ばりき]
(n) horse-power; h.p. [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無力 [むりょく]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent [K] [D] [Jisho] - 有力者 [ゆうりょくしゃ]
(n) influential person; man of importance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 精力 [せいりょく]
(n) energy; vigor; vitality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 遠心力 [えんしんりょく]
(n) centrifugal force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力む [りきむ]
(v5m) to strain; to bear up; to exert one's strength; to swagger; to bluff; to boast [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全速力 [ぜんそくりょく]
(n) full speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 省力 [しょうりょく]
(n) labor saving [K] [D] [Jisho] - 余力 [よりょく]
(n) spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力一杯 [ちからいっぱい]
(adv) with might and main [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力学 [りきがく]
(n) mechanics; dynamics [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暴力団 [ぼうりょくだん]
(n) gangster organization; band of thugs; gangster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 助力 [じょりょく]
(n) assistance; support [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力作 [りきさく]
(n) literary or artistic masterpiece (on which much labour was spent) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 主力 [しゅりょく]
(n) main force; chief object [K] [D] [Jisho] - 風力 [ふうりょく]
(n) wind power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力士 [りきし]
(n) Japanese (sumo) wrestler; strong man [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力試し [ちからだめし]
(n) trial of strength; quiz [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力持ち [ちからもち]
(n) muscleman; strong man [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原子力 [げんしりょく]
(n) atomic energy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 握力 [あくりょく]
(n) grip (of hand) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力説 [りきせつ]
(n,vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress [K] [D] [Jisho] - 火力 [かりょく]
(n) heating power; steam power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力添え [ちからぞえ]
(n) help; assistance; service [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.