Traditional: 力

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Translation

strength, power, force

Stroke order

Stroke order for 力

Examples

He studies very hard.

tuī

He pushed the door open with force.

qiáng

Her ability is impressive.

jìn

I have already done my best.

力 (lì) means strength or force, both physical and metaphorical. It powers 努力 (to exert effort), 力量 (strength), and 能力 (ability), and shows up as a suffix on many capability words.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 力.

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This word is part of lesson 102.