力 Kanji – power
The Japanese kanji 力 can mean power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert.
Meaning and Readings
How is 力 read?
力 has the onyomi readings リョク, リキ, リイ and the kunyomi reading ちから.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ryoku, riki, rii, chikara.
Common Japanese Words Using 力
These common Japanese words contain 力. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 加特力（カトリック） — Catholic, Catholicism, Catholic Church
- 握力（あくりょく） — grip (of hand), grip strength
- 圧力（あつりょく） — pressure, stress
- 引力（いんりょく） — attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation), affinity, gravitational pull
- 影響力（えいきょうりょく） — influence, clout, leverage
- 遠心力（えんしんりょく） — centrifugal force
- 火力（かりょく） — heating power, thermal power
- 学力（がくりょく） — scholarly ability, scholarship, knowledge, literary ability
- 活力（かつりょく） — vitality, energy, dynamism
- 気力（きりょく） — willpower, energy, vitality