Chinese Character Wiki
力

lì

power

Pictograph of a plow, which requires strength to operate.

Evolution

力 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
力 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
力 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
力 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
力 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

力  

lì

power, capability, influence; power; force; strength; ability; strenuously

力  

Lì

surname Li

Most common words with 力
Freq.
Word
Meaning

努力

great effort

能力

capability

力

power

力量

power

压力

pressure

Component uses

Meaning component in 47 characters (24 verified)

动 動 加 务 務 办 辦 功 势 勢 男 助 劳 勞 勝 努 勇 劲 勁 励 勵 勃 幼 劦 劝 勸 勤 劫 勉 勋 勛 勳 勘 勦 募 劾 飭 饬 夯 勖 劭 劬 勐 劢 劵 劼 勈

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

历 勒 勵 劣 肋 仂 艻 阞

Simplified component in 5 characters (3 verified)

边 伤 穷 胁 虏

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

抛 拋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.rək

lik

lì

strength


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 96.2518% of movies

184th most common character in movies

106th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+529B

Shuowen

“力，筋也。象人筋之形。治功曰力，能圉大災。”


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