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 match one's strength with / to compete / more competitive / to set oneself against sb / disobliging / to make a special effort
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
vigorously / energetically / enthusiastically
dynamism / drive
erhua variant of 省勁|省劲[sheng3 jin4]
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
erhua variant of 費勁|费劲[fei4 jin4]
to dash / to put on a spurt / to redouble efforts
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
erhua variant of 較勁|较劲[jiao4 jin4]
jealousy (in love)
erhua variant of 醋勁|醋劲[cu4 jin4]
to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
to exert all one's strength
application to the task
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
to save labor / to save effort

Sentences with 劲

劲 currently does not appear in any sentence.