Radical 19
Chinese character radical
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.
01Evolution
02Derived 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 |
03Sinogram
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. It is a first grade kanji.
04Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
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