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On'yomi
リョク・リキ・リイ
RYOKU / RIKI / RII
Kun'yomi
ちから
chikara

power · strength · strong · strain · bear up · exert

powerfulnature

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Strokes2
Frequency#62
Radicalpower(2)
Old Form

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Cultural Context

Etymology

Pictograph of arm muscle.

Symbolism

Power, ability, effort. Represents energy and capability.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Showing strength

Anime & Manga

ワンパンマン

One Punch Man(2009)

anime/manga

Gag action of a hero with overwhelming 'power.'

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Games

パワプロ

Power Pros(1994)

全プラットフォーム

Developer: Konami

Baseball game enjoying 'powerful' play.

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Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

怪力乱神

かいりょくらんしん

supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons; supernatural things

他力本願

たりきほんがん

salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others; salvation by faith in Amitabha

不可抗力

ふかこうりょく

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; act of God

勤倹力行

きんけんりっこう

work hard and practice frugality; work hard and practice frugality

苦学力行

くがくりっこう

strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties; strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties

自力更生

じりきこうせい

working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help; working out one's salvation by own efforts

勢力伯仲

せいりょくはくちゅう

(two sides) being evenly matched in influence or power; (two sides) being evenly matched in influence or power

精力絶倫

せいりょくぜつりん

being of unbounded energy; being with matchless vigor; having endless sexual stamina; being of unbounded energy

奮励努力

ふんれいどりょく

making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; making strenuous efforts

力戦奮闘

りきせんふんとう

fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts; fighting with all one's might

協心戮力

きょうしんりくりょく

combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with); combined (concerted) efforts

実力伯仲

じつりょくはくちゅう

(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability; (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability

全力投球

ぜんりょくとうきゅう

using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; using all of one's strength (to)

努力奮励

どりょくふんれい

making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; making strenuous efforts

奮闘努力

ふんとうどりょく

try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts; try one's best

戮力協心

りくりょくきょうしん

combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with); combined (concerted) efforts

Proverbs & Idioms

力は正義なり

ちからはせいぎなり

Might is right

Power determines what is just