力

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

力 = ㇆ + 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.

力 character breakdown

力
- 丿
- ㇆
  - 一
  - 亅

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

㇆

Character component without intrinsic meaning

㇆ = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.

Characters with 力 as component

助

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to help / to assist

助 = 且 + 力 : Mnemonic symbol: water wings helping you to learn how to swim.

Julian Giant Squid wants to learn how to swim and put on a lot of floaties in the space station's bathroom. As he hits the power button to inflate the high tech floaties remotely he forgot that there are still a lot of floaties left, stored in the shelf—he is reminded instanlty as also all of them inflate.

男

nán = n + an2

male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

男 = 力 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a mankini.

Napoleon (n) is taking part in the iron-man contest. In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he has to rob through a muddy field (田) as fast as possible while wearing a mankini (男). He has to reach a power button (力) located at the other end of the field and push it as fast as possible to qualify for the next round.

功

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

功 = 力 + 工 : Gitta Giraffe practices her Kung Fu skills in front of the engine with a sparring robot made out of steel beams. The robot is programmed to fight Kung Fu, but Gitta Giraffe's Kung Fu is better: she hits the robots power button and turns it off.

另

lìng = li + (e)ng4

other / another / separate / separately

另 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: to separate two liquids, one can use a distiller.

另 = 力 + 口 : In engine's bathroom Li Qingzhao wants to distill a liquor out of mandarins, but she can't find a wall plug to plug the distiller's power cable in.

加

jia̅ = ji + a1

Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) / surname Jia

加

jia̅ = ji + a1

abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4] / surname Jia

加 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol from 加油: cheerleaders' pom poms.

加 = 力 + 口 : Joan of Arc works on her cheerleading skills in front of the ashram. For the grande finale of her performance she prepared special effects: at the very end of her performance she hits a power button on the floor with her foot, which starts mandarins shooting from her pom poms.

加

jia̅ = ji + a1

to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)

加 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol from 加油: cheerleaders' pom poms.

劣

liè = li + e4

inferior

劣 = 力 + 少 : Li Qingzhao (li) and the smiley (少) are battling to the death in a quiz about survival of the fittest (劣). Each of them has a power button (力) in front of them which they have to press if they want to answer a question. The inferior (劣) candidate will be expelled from the show.

办

辦

bàn = b + an4

to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with

办 = 八 + 力 : Beelzebub wants to start a business (开办) in the anthill's bathroom. He sets up a vending machine which, upon the push of a power button, sells eight-balls.

伤

傷

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

to injure / injury / wound

伤 = 亻 + 𠂉 + 力 : Sherlock Holmes hurt himself when he got struck by one of the traps in front of the anglepod. Luckily Rosa Luxemburg passes by: she has the key to unlock the power button of the trap system and turns it off, so that Sherlock can free himself.

穷

窮

qióng = qu + (e)ng2

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

穷 = 力 + 穴 : Cupid (qu) exhausted (穷) his bank account and is very poor (穷). He has nowhere to go and nothing to do anymore. In the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he creates a big cave painting (穴) out of boredom. Idly he paints a big power button (力) wishing that upon hitting it, money would rain down on him.