Mandarin Banana

力

surname Li | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 力

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 力

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. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

力
=
㇆
+
丿

㇆

xx5	A stroke without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇆ A flute and a crowbar are forming a plough. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 2 years ago Image by Matthias, over 2 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅

亅

jue2 =
ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅

Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

力
=
㇆
+
丿

丿

pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

Stroke order

力 order 5a568b6b21172b9b0e48f795a2917bab5e4f215b71e21d53be86e629cedeb2ed

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力 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 3

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

li	Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 3 years ago
Ø4	"Ø4" is happening in the bathroom of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 3 years ago

Words with 力

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努 nu3 力 li4		great effort / to strive / to try hard (HSK level 3)
力 li4 气 qi5		strength / CL:把[ba3] (HSK level 4)
能 neng2 力 li4		capability / capable / able / ability / CL:個\|个[ge4] (HSK level 4)
压 ya1 力 li4		pressure (HSK level 4)
巧 qiao3 克 ke4 力 li4		chocolate (loanword) / CL:塊\|块[kuai4] (HSK level 4)
精 jing1 力 li4		energy (HSK level 5)
力 li4 量 liang5		power / force / strength (HSK level 5)
尽 jin4 力 li4		to strive one's hardest / to spare no effort (HSK level 5)
权 quan2 力 li4		power / authority (HSK level 5)
魅 mei4 力 li4		charm / fascination / glamor / charisma (HSK level 5)
齐 qi2 心 xin1 协 xie2 力 li4		to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one (HSK level 6)
得 de2 力 li4		able / capable / competent / efficient (HSK level 6)
活 huo2 力 li4		energy / vitality / vigor / vital force (HSK level 6)
力 li4 所 suo3 能 neng2 及 ji2		as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers (HSK level 6)
动 dong4 力 li4		power / motion / propulsion / force (HSK level 6)
实 shi2 力 li4		strength (HSK level 6)
无 wu2 能 neng2 为 wei2 力 li4		impotent (idiom) / powerless / helpless (HSK level 6)
毅 yi4 力 li4		perseverance / willpower (HSK level 6)
潜 qian2 力 li4		potential / capacity (HSK level 6)
吃 chi1 力 li4		to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain (HSK level 6)
自 zi4 力 li4 更 geng1 生 sheng1		regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance (HSK level 6)
势 shi4 力 li5		power / (ability to) influence (HSK level 6)
魄 po4 力 li4		courage / daring / boldness / resolution / drive (HSK level 6)
全 quan2 力 li4 以 yi3 赴 fu4		to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort (HSK level 6)
竭 jie2 尽 jin4 全 quan2 力 li4		to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost (HSK level 6)
威 wei1 力 li4		might / formidable power (HSK level 6)
力 li4 争 zheng1		to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly (HSK level 6)
智 zhi4 力 li4		intelligence / intellect (HSK level 6)
视 shi4 力 li4		vision / eyesight (HSK level 6)
力 li4 图 tu2		to try hard to / to strive to (HSK level 6)
暴 bao4 力 li4		violence / force / violent (HSK level 6)
马 ma3 力 li4		horsepower
警 jing3 力 li4		police force / police officers
竞 jing4 争 zheng1 力 li4		competitive strength / competitiveness
极 ji2 力 li4		to make a supreme effort / at all costs
全 quan2 力 li4		with all one's strength / full strength / all-out (effort) / fully (support)
朱 zhu1 古 gu3 力 li4		chocolate (loanword) / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]
乞 qi3 力 li4 马 ma3 扎 zha1 罗 luo2 山 shan1		Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
协 xie2 力 li4		to unite in common effort
地 di4 力 li4		soil fertility / land capability