Kanji 力 — "Power"
Here is what 力 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Power" stick.
Also means: Strength
How it is read
りょく, りき, りい
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
ちから
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
It even looks like a flexing arm — Power means power!
- 力 Power
The right side of this component looks like an arm flexing its muscles to show you Power.
Words that use 力
12 of 31 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 力 ちから strength, power
- 協力 きょうりょく cooperation, collaboration
- 能力 のうりょく ability, faculty
- 努力 どりょく great effort, exertion, endeavor
- 暴力 ぼうりょく violence
- 全力 ぜんりょく all one's power, whole energy
- 実力 じつりょく ability, force
- 体力 たいりょく physical strength
- 魅力 みりょく charm, fascination, appeal
- 権力 けんりょく (political) power, authority, influence
- 強力 きょうりょく powerful, strong
- 戦力 せんりょく war potential
Want 力 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
