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

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.

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.

Words with 劲

to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest
strong / powerful / robust
energetic / exciting / of interest
energetic; exciting; of interest
vigorous / energetic / interesting / amusing
erhua variant of 死勁|死劲[si3 jin4]
to have no strength / to feel weak / feeling listless
erhua variant of 沒有勁頭|没有劲头[mei2 you3 jin4 tou2]
to lose heart / to feel discouraged
obstinacy / tenacity
erhua variant of 犟勁|犟劲[jiang4 jin4]
to become excited
to exert all one's force / all-out effort / CL:股[gu3]
erhua variant of 沒勁|没劲[mei2 jin4]
very hard-working / assiduous
thoughts / what one has in one's heart
all one's strength / with might and main

Sentences with 劲

劲 currently does not appear in any sentence.