威力
いりょく · iryoku · JLPT N1 · noun
authority
⚡ 威 (awe, dignity) + 力 (force) = force that commands awe; power
威 means dignity or awe-inspiring majesty, and 力 means strength. Together they name power that makes others submit. Say ee-ryoh-koo.
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'.