Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

260 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: forces, energy, military strength

Kunyomi: いきお.い はずみ

Onyomi: セイ ゼイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ちから

Meaning: power, force

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

力(せいりょく)   strength, force

(いせい)   power, energy

(たいせい)   attitude, condition

姿(しせい)   attitude, posture

(じょうせい)   situation

な(ゆうせいな)   superior

な(ごうせいな)   luxurious

(おおぜい)   great number of people

い(いきおい)   force

Onyomi Examples

セイ energy, military strength

セイリョク influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy

コクセイ state of a country (population, resources, etc.), condition of a country, strength of a country

トウセイ strength of a party

ゼイ group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

ドウゼイ party, company

モウセイ great strength, courageous army, valiant troops

Kunyomi Examples

いきおい force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life, influence, authority, power, might, impetus, momentum, course (of events), naturally, necessarily

い余る いきおいあまる to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.), to get carried away, to go overboard, to overdo (something)

弾み はずみ bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, moment, instant, impulse, chance

弾車 はずみぐるま flywheel