威力
wēilì · HSK 7
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💪 威力 = 威 might + 力 strength = sheer power, might, force
威 carries authority and awe-inspiring might; 力 is raw physical strength or force. Stacked together they name the destructive power or might of a weapon, blast, or force. Sounds like way-lee.
力 — pictograph of a plow or arm muscle
力 originated as a pictograph of an ancient plow, the main tool requiring physical exertion in early agriculture. Some scholars also see it as a flexed arm showing muscle. From this concrete image it broadened to mean 'strength, power, force, effort'.