strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4]
劲
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又
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工
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力
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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.
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
又
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㇇
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㇏
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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 (㇏).
工
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二
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丨
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Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
Characters with 劲 as component
劲
is not used as a component in another character.