Radical 19

"力" redirects here. For the Japanese katakana カ, see Ka (kana).

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.

力
← 18 Radical 19 (U+2F12) 20 →
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
Hán-Việt:	lực
Names
Chinese name(s):	力字旁 lìzìpáng
Japanese name(s):	力 chikara
Hangul:	력 (역) ryeok
Stroke order animation

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.

Evolution

• 
  Bronze script character
• 
  Large seal script character
• 
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	力
+1	劜
+2	劝SC (=勸) 办SC (=辦 -> 辛)
+3	功 加 务SC (=務) 劢SC (=勱)
+4	劣 劤 劥 劦 劧 动SC (=動) 攰
+5	助 努 劫 劬 劭 劮 劯 劰 励SC/JP (=勵) 劲SC (=勁) 劳SC (=勞) 労JP (=勞)
+6	劵 劶 劷 劸 効JP/variant (=效 -> 攴) 劺 劻 劼 劽 劾 势SC (=勢)
+7	勀 勁 勂 勃 勄 勅JP/variant (=敕 -> 攴) 勆 勇 勈 勉 勊 勋SC (=勛/勳) 巭KO
+8	勌 勍 勎 勏 勐 勑
+9	勒 勓 勔 動 勖 勗 勘 務 勚SC (=勩)
+10	勛 勜 勝 勞
+11	募 勠 勡 勢 勣 勤 勥 勦 勧JP (=勸)
+12	勨 勩 勪 勫 勬 勭
+13	勮 勯 勰 勱 勲JP (=勳)
+14	勳
+15	勴 勵 勶
+17	勷
+18	勸

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a first grade kanji.^[1]