~力

~りょく · ~ryoku · JLPT N2 · noun

power of ~

💪 ~力 = the power of ~: 電力 = electric + power, 学力 = study + power

The kanji 力 started as a drawing of a plough or a flexed arm, so it means strength. As a suffix it turns a noun into a kind of ability: 体力 is physical strength, 想像力 is creativity, and 魅力 is charm.

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'.

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