Radical 19

{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}

{{redirect|力|the Japanese katakana {{Lang|ja|カ}}|Ka (kana)}}

{{Infobox Kangxi radical

|19|uni=529B

|meaning=power

|pny= lì

|bopo= ㄌㄧˋ

|wade= li4

|jyutping= lik6

|poj= la̍t (col.)
le̍k (lit.)

|cn=力字旁 lìzìpáng

|yale= lik6

|onyomi= リョク ryoku / リキ riki

|kunyomi= ちから chikara

|jp= 力 chikara

|hang= 력 (역) ryeok

|hanja= 힘 him

|hanviet= lực

}}

Radical 19 or radical power ({{Lang|zh-Hant|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.

{{Lang|zh-Hans|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

File:力-w.svg|Bronze script character

File:力-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character

File:力-seal.svg|Small seal script character

Derived characters

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! Strokes !! Characters

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| +0

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|力}}
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| +1

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|劜}}
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| +2

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|劝}}SC (=勸) {{Linktext|办}}SC (={{Linktext|辦}} -> )
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| +3

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|功}} {{Linktext|加}} {{Linktext|务}}SC (=務) {{Linktext|劢}}SC (=勱)
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| +4

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|劣}} {{Linktext|劤}} {{Linktext|劥}} {{Linktext|劦}} {{Linktext|劧}} {{Linktext|动}}SC (=動) {{Linktext|攰}}
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| +5

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|助}} {{Linktext|努}} {{Linktext|劫}} {{Linktext|劬}} {{Linktext|劭}} {{Linktext|劮}} {{Linktext|劯}} {{Linktext|劰}} {{Linktext|励}}SC/JP (=勵) {{Linktext|劲}}SC (=勁) {{Linktext|劳}}SC (=勞) {{Linktext|労}}JP (=勞)
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| +6

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|劵}} {{Linktext|劶}} {{Linktext|劷}} {{Linktext|劸}} {{Linktext|効}}JP/variant (={{Linktext|效}} -> ) {{Linktext|劺}} {{Linktext|劻}} {{Linktext|劼}} {{Linktext|劽}} {{Linktext|劾}} {{Linktext|势}}SC (=勢)
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| +7

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勀}} {{Linktext|勁}} {{Linktext|勂}} {{Linktext|勃}} {{Linktext|勄}} {{Linktext|勅}}JP/variant (={{Linktext|敕}} -> ) {{Linktext|勆}} {{Linktext|勇}} {{Linktext|勈}} {{Linktext|勉}} {{Linktext|勊}} {{Linktext|勋}}SC (=勛/勳) {{Linktext|巭}}KO
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| +8

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勌}} {{Linktext|勍}} {{Linktext|勎}} {{Linktext|勏}} {{Linktext|勐}} {{Linktext|勑}}
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| +9

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勒}} {{Linktext|勓}} {{Linktext|勔}} {{Linktext|動}} {{Linktext|勖}} {{Linktext|勗}} {{Linktext|勘}} {{Linktext|務}} {{Linktext|勚}}SC (=勩)
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| +10

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勛}} {{Linktext|勜}} {{Linktext|勝}} {{Linktext|勞}}
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| +11

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|募}} {{Linktext|勠}} {{Linktext|勡}} {{Linktext|勢}} {{Linktext|勣}} {{Linktext|勤}} {{Linktext|勥}} {{Linktext|勦}} {{Linktext|勧}}JP (=勸)
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| +12

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勨}} {{Linktext|勩}} {{Linktext|勪}} {{Linktext|勫}} {{Linktext|勬}} {{Linktext|勭}}
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| +13

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勮}} {{Linktext|勯}} {{Linktext|勰}} {{Linktext|勱}} {{Linktext|勲}}JP (=勳)
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| +14

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勳}}
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| +15

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勴}} {{Linktext|勵}} {{Linktext|勶}}
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| +17

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|勷}}
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| +18

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|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.{{Cite web |title=The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo |url=https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.kanshudo.com}} It is a first grade kanji.

References

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Literature

  • {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1 }}
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, {{ISBN|978-7-5619-0204-2}}