Radical 19

力
18 ⼑ ◄	19th	► ⼓ 20
Pinyin :	lì (= strength)
Zhuyin :	ㄌㄧ ˋ
Hiragana :	ちから chikara
Kanji :	力 chikara (= power)
Hangul :	쌀 포
Sinocorean :	힘 력
Codepoint :	U + 529B
Stroke sequence :

The radical 19 meaning " power " is one of 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with two strokes. With 47 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it has a medium frequency.

The radical force increases only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 19th position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries. In the New Chinese-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 28th position.

The sign is similar to the katakana sign カ "ka".

The oracle bone shape of this sign represents a curved arm.

The signs assigned to the radical 力 mostly have to do with power and its use, such as:

character	Explanation
功	power
劣	Inferior has something to do with strength. It is made up of 少 (= little) and 力 (= force).
勇	brave
男	male, 力 = force and 田 = field

Character combinations ruled by radical 19

Strokes	character
+ 00	力
+ 01	劜
+ 02	劝办
+ 03	功加务劢
+ 04	劣劤劥劦劧动攰
+ 05	助努劫劬劭劮劯劰励劲劳労
+ 06	劵劶劷劸効劺劻劼劽劾势
+ 07	勀勁勂勃勄勅勆勇勈勉勊勋巭
+ 08	勌勍勎勏勐勑
+ 09	勒勓勔動勖勗勘務勚
+10	勛勜勝勞
+11	募勠勡勢勣勤勥勦勧
+12	勨勩勪勫勬勭
+13	勮勯勰勱勲
+14	勳
+15	勴勵勶
+17	勷
+18	勸

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 19 is coded under the code point number 12.050 (U + 2F12).

literature

Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 55 .
Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 165 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 19 - Graphic representations of Radikal 19

Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 19 on page 19