| 力 | ||
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| 力 (U+529B) "power" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | lì | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄌㄧˋ | |
| Wade–Giles: | li4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | lik6 | |
| Jyutping: | lik6 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | la̍t (col.) le̍k (lit.) | |
| Japanese Kana: | リョク ryoku / リキ riki (on'yomi) ちから chikara (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 힘 him | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 力字旁 lìzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 力 chikara | |
| Hangul: | 력 (역) ryeok | |
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Radical 19 or radical power (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.
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.