power

Origin & mnemonic

The power radical originates from a pictograph of human muscle or physical force. In oracle-bone and seal script, it depicts a tensed muscle or an object expressing physical strength.

Mnemonic: The curved stroke resembles a flexed muscle — remember "power" through the image of a strong, tensed arm.

• 劲jìn🔊

  strength

  7 strokes

• 助zhù🔊

  to help

  7 strokes

• 劫jié🔊

  variant of 劫[jie2]

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 劳láo🔊

  (bound form) to toil; labor

  7 strokes

• 努nǔ🔊

  to exert

  7 strokes

• 励lì🔊

  to encourage

  7 strokes

• 劬qú🔊

  labor

  7 strokes

• 劭shào🔊

  stimulate to effort

  7 strokes

• 劮yì🔊

  old variant of 逸[yi4]

  7 strokes

• 劵juàn🔊

  old variant of 倦[juan4]

  8 strokes

• 劻kuāng🔊

  zealous

  8 strokes

• 劼jié🔊

  careful

  8 strokes

• 劾hé🔊

  to impeach

  8 strokes

• 势shì🔊

  power

  8 strokes

• 勇yǒng🔊

  brave

  9 strokes

• 勃bó🔊

  flourishing

  9 strokes

• 勄mǐn🔊

  old variant of 敏[min3]

  9 strokes

• 勈yǒng🔊

  old variant of 勇[yong3]

  9 strokes

• 勉miǎn🔊

  to exhort

  9 strokes

• 勋xūn🔊

  variant of 勳|勋[xun1]

  9 strokes

• 勍qíng🔊

  violent

  10 strokes

• 勐měng🔊

  meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan)

  10 strokes

• 务wù🔊

  affair

  10 strokes

• 𪟝jì🔊

  merit; accomplishment (variant of 績|绩[ji4])

  10 strokes