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勢

勢 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いきおい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「力」+音符「埶」。「いきおい」を意味する漢語｛勢｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

forces, energy, military strength

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイElem.
  • ゼイ
Kun (native)
  • いきお(い)Elem.
  • はずみ
Nanori (used in names)
  • せ
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 한글se
  • Hán-ViệtThế

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
力(ちから)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+52E2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱埶力

Words using this kanji

  • 勢力せいりょく他を押さえ支配する力。 力を持った集団、仲間、グループ。 強さ。勢い。influence, power, might, strength
  • 勢いいきおい発動しようとする力。ものが運動する際に力。 他者を凌ぐ威力。威勢。気勢。特に、権力。権勢。勢力。 弾み。成り行き。force, vigor, vigour, energy
  • 勢ぜい(せい) いきおい。力。 (せい) 軍勢。兵力。group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.), contingent, camp, team
  • 勢ぞろいせいぞろいassembling (in full force), muster, lining up, gathering
  • 勢力圏せいりょくけんsphere of influence
  • 勢せい(せい) いきおい。力。 (せい) 軍勢。兵力。strength, power, energy, military strength
  • 勢運せいうんtrend, tendency
  • 勢家せいか権勢をほこる家柄。influential family, the man in power
  • 勢子せこbeater (on a hunt)
  • 勢望せいぼう勢力と人望。power and popularity
  • 勢門せいもんinfluential family, the man in power
  • 勢威せいい権勢と威力。force, power, influence
  • 勢至せいし仏教の菩薩の一人勢至菩薩の略。Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
  • 勢語せいごTales of Ise (Heian period collection of poems) (abbr)
  • 勢力家せいりょくかman of influence
  • 勢力図せいりょくずpower map, power structure, power relationships
  • 勢い込むいきおいこむ盛んに意気込む。威勢付く。奮い立つ。to do with enthusiasm, to be excited to do, to throw oneself into
  • 勢いづくいきおいづくto gain strength, to gather momentum, to be encouraged, to be heartened
  • 勢いよくいきおいよくvigorously, with great force, energetically, enthusiastically
  • 勢力下にせいりょくかにunder the influence of

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-2
Four Corner
4442.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2g11.6
Heisig
1633
Nelson
735