男
JLPT HSK 2

nán
Top: rice field 田, bottom: power 力
In the rice field you need the power of a man.

	助
JLPT HSK 2

zhù
Left: in further, moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.), right: power 力
Further power helps!

	动
JLPT HSK 2

dòng
Left: cloud, to speak 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds), right: force 力
Not only clouds move, but also with force you can make things move.

	别
JLPT HSK 2

bié, biè
Left: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.), right: knife 刂
If you make another thing by cutting, this is 'separating'.

	务
JLPT HSK 2

wù
Top: crossed legs 夂, bottom: force, power 力
He sits cross-legged but engages with force in: his affairs.

	为
JLPT HSK 2

wéi, wèi
Power/force 力 and twice emphasis丶
With strongly emphasized power, that's how I behave/act.

	边
JLPT HSK 2

biān
Left: movement 辶, right: power 力
When sb. moves (pushes) with force, it's best to step aside.

	力
JLPT HSK 3

lì
A hand or arm with an extra stroke ノ for the strength of the biceps
With a strengthened arm you have power.

	办
JLPT HSK 3

bàn
Power 力 with supports 丶 on both sides
When the power is supported from both sides, then it is dealt with. (be managed)

	加
JLPT HSK 3

jiā
Left: power 力, right: mouth 口
(it is meant: to eat) For (getting) power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added'.

	努
JLPT HSK 3

nǔ
Top: slave 奴 (Women's 女 hands 又 work like slaves.), bottom: strength 力
With "slave-like" strength you: strive.

	历
JLPT HSK 3

lì
Outside: cliff 厂, inside: power 力
The cliff was piled up with force: This is the past and has entered into history.

	另
JLPT HSK 4

lìng
Top: mouth 口, bottom: force 力
If it doesn't work with 口 (= mouth), you have to try it with force 力: That's an other thing.

	勇
JLPT HSK 4

yǒng
Top: 甬 (bent person マ, use 用), below: force 力, better bottom: man 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.)
If the bent person マ is a (real) man, then it's because he is brave.

	穷
JLPT HSK 4

qióng
Top: cave, hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: strength 力
If you have a hole in your strength (= possibilities) you are poor.

	励
JLPT HSK 4

lì
Left: strict, severe 厉 (At the cliff 厂 the 10,000 万 Gods are strict), right: strength 力
Strictly, a cliff with tenthousendfold strength to encourage.

	伤
JLPT HSK 4

shāng
Left: person 亻, right: person lying down as a variant of 人, force 力
If you make a person into a lying person by means of force, you have probably injured him.

	功
JLPT HSK 4

gōng
Left: craftsman 工, right: strength/effort 力
A craftsman with strength fulfills: achievements.

	劲
JLPT HSK 5

jìn, jìng
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土), right: force 力
(Think of gravity, thus lifting a load:) The vertical force is full of strength.

	劝
JLPT HSK 5

quàn
Left: hand 又, right: force 力
With your hand and force you can 'advise'.

	勤
JLPT HSK 5

qín
Left: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant ), right: strength/force 力
Blooming plants give me strength for my: diligent hardworking.

	幼
JLPT HSK 5

yòu
Left: thread 幺/糸 right: strength 力
A thread with the strength of an infant.

	雾
JLPT HSK 5

wù
Top: rain 雨, bottom: affair, business 务 (He sits cross-legged 夂, but he handles with force 力 his: affairs)
Rain is an affair connected with: fog or mist.

	劣
JLPT HSK 5

liè
Top: small/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few.), below: strength 力
Too little strength makes you inferior.

	势
JLPT HSK 5

shì
Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it) [bead, pill 丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.], bottom: power 力
Grasping with power means power and influence.

	拐
JLPT HSK 5

guǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.)
I feel a hand 扌 over my mouth 口 and a force 力 - I am kidnapped!

	劳
JLPT HSK 5

láo
From above: growing plant 艹, cover 冖 (here: top layer), strength 力
(Reclaiming the land:) To transform the growing plants into a flat top layer requires strength and that: you struggle.

	劫
JLPT HSK 6

jié
Left: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.), right: strength/force 力
If you are left by your strength, you will be robbed or plundered.

	勃
JLPT HSK 6

bó
Left: 孛 Combination of ten 十 and character, symbol 字, right: strength 力
Ten symbols of his strength are flourishing suddenly.

	勉
JLPT HSK 6

miǎn
Left: avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿, but without tail 丶), right: strength 力
Escape by using strength means: to strive hard.

	伪
JLPT HSK 6

wěi
Left: person 亻, right: to act/behave as 为 (A very strongly emphasized force acts as such.)
A person who acts like this is false!

	筋
JLPT HSK 6

jīn
Top: bamboo 竹, below: ribs 肋 (= The body's part 月/肉 that resists with force 力 (against pressure) are the ribs.)
They are like bamboo('s fiber) are the body gets its strength by the: muscles and tendons.

	虏
JLPT HSK 6

lǔ
Top: tiger 虍, bottom: force 力
With a tiger you need force to capture it.

	捞
JLPT HSK 6

lāo
Left: hand 扌, right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants 艹 into a flat top layer 冖 requires strength 力 and a struggle.)
By hand, it is a struggle to fish up sth.

	勘
JLPT HSK 6

kān
Left: extreme/excessive 甚 (A grain shovel 其 with an extra angle makes it extraordinary.), right: strength/effort 力
Make extreme efforts in your investigations.

	抛
JLPT HSK 6

pāo
From left: hand 扌, vari. of nine 九, force 力
In the hand you need nine-fold force for throwing.

	唠
JLPT HSK 6

láo
Left: mouth 口, right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants 艹 into a flat top layer 冖 requires strength 力 and that you struggle)
For the mouth it is a struggle to chatter.

	肋
JLPT no HSK

lèi
Left: body part 月/肉, right: power, force 力
(Otherwise the intestines would be very soft.) The body-part that resists with force (against pressure) are the ribs.

	勒
JLPT no HSK

lè, lēi
Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather), right: force 力
For horned animals 革 you need force to rein them. OR: With leather and force you can rein.

	掳
JLPT no HSK

lǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: cature, seize 虏 (With a tiger 虍 you need force 力 to capture it.)
The hand: captures.

	黝
JLPT no HSK

yǒu
Left: black 黑 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)
The 'black' you gain from threads (= fibers) using force is: a dark green.

	锄
JLPT no HSK

chú
Left: metal 钅/金, right: help, support, help 助 (Further 且 power 力 helps.)
Metal, that helps, is the: hoe.

	雳
JLPT no HSK

lì
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: to pass through, history 历 (The cliff 厂 was piled up with force 力: This is the past and has entered into history)
In the rain, like a cliff of power: the clap of thunder.

	劾
JLPT no HSK

hé
Left: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶, cf. 豚), right: strength 力
You need a pig's strength to accuse sb. for that crime.

	沥
JLPT no HSK

lì
Left: water 氵, right: past, calendar 历 (The cliff 厂 was piled up with force 力: This is the past and has entered into history)
(The bucket is leaking:) If the water has passed, it has dripped out.

	拗
JLPT no HSK

ào, ǎo, niù
Left: hand 扌, right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)
The hand of an infant: breaks things.

	饬
JLPT no HSK

chì
Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: lying person , force 力
With food the lying person gets strength: as if on order.

	渤
JLPT no HSK

bó
Left: water 氵, right: flourishing, prosperous 勃 (Ten 十 symbols 字 of his strength 力 are flourishing suddenly.)
The water is prosperous: at the Bohai Sea.

	荔
JLPT no HSK

lì
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 劦 (3x force 力)
The plant with the triple power is the: litchi.

	勋
JLPT no HSK

xūn
Left: member 员 (=員 Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝 can become a member), right: power, force 力
The member gets for his power a medal.

	募
JLPT no HSK

mù
Top: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The sun 日 is setting between plants 艹, 艹= 大), bottom: strength, force 力
With declining forces, (new troops) need to be recruited.