strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4]

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) is training with lots of energy (劲) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). Again and again the presses a power button (力) which releases a boxing glove (又) fixed to a steel beam (工) which she has to hit with her fist to punch it back into its original position.
stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful

劲 character breakdown

surname Li
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.

Characters with 劲 as component

劲 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 劲

to exert all one's strength
(dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up
continuously / persistently / incessantly
awkward / unhandy / be indisposed / not feel well
erhua variant of 不對勁|不对劲[bu4 dui4 jin4]
erhua variant of 使勁|使劲[shi3 jin4]
bold / vigorous
to increase efforts / to make extra efforts
erhua variant of 加勁|加劲[jia1 jin4]
to extend / to put forth
force / strength
elite soldiers / a crack force
(of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
power shot (e.g. in soccer)
strong (wind) / cutting (cold wind)
(of wind) strong and bitterly cold
springy mouthfeel
erhua variant of 一個勁|一个劲[yi1 ge4 jin4]
not in good condition / wrong / fishy

Sentences with 劲

劲 currently does not appear in any sentence.