力

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

力 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.

力 character breakdown

力
- 丿
- ㇆
  - 一
  - 亅

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

㇆

Character component without intrinsic meaning

㇆ = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.

Characters with 力 as component

勋

勳

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

variant of 勛|勋[xun1]

勋

勛

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

medal / merit

勋 = 员 + 力 : Xu Xian (xu) awards a medal (勋) to the waiter (员) because every time he pushes the power button (力) in front of the encampment ((e)n1) the waiter appears immediately.

劲

勁

jìn = ji + (e)n4

strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4]

劲 = 又 + 工 + 力 : Joan of Arc (ji) is training with lots of energy (劲) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). Again and again the presses a power button (力) which releases a boxing glove (又) fixed to a steel beam (工) which she has to hit with her fist to punch it back into its original position.

劲

勁

jìng = ji + (e)ng4

stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful

劝

勸

quàn = qu + an4

to advise / to urge / to try to persuade / to exhort / to console / to soothe

劝 = 力 + 又 : Cupid (qu) is wearing his new boxing glove (又) as he sees an emergency power button (力) which would perfectly fit his glove in a blow in the anthill's bathroom (an4). There is an inner voice which advises (劝) him not to hit that button with his boxing glove, but yet he feels the urge (劝) to just do it.

劳

勞

láo = l + ao2

to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)

劳 = 艹 + 冖 + 力 : Mnemonic symbol: a very hardworking laborer from the 劳动人民.

A laborer worked very hard to outfit the aorta's kitchen with artificial lawn and an electrically movable sunshade made from a cooking top. As he finishes he is overjoyed to play with the sunshade, having it move up and down, to and fro in crazy ways. As Lancelot enters, Lancelot pushes the off button and gives the laborer an upset look, asking without using words what nonsense he's doing.

绝

絕

jué = ju + e2

to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

绝 = 纟 + 色 : Just inside the elevator's kitchen Zeus and the silk worm are playing a dice game. The game is called "annihilation", and the loser is said to become extinct within 1000 years' time. They don't know yet that both gods and worms will be extinct due to the human race soon.

励

勵

lì = li + Ø4

surname Li

励 = 力 + 厉 : While Li Qingzhao (li) is using the space station's bathroom (Ø4), a malicious spirit (厉) encourages (励) her to push a mysterious power button (力) next to her. She knows that she shouldn't push the button, but she just can't bear not to know what it actually does.

励

勵

lì = li + Ø4

to encourage / to urge

敕

勅

chì = ch + Ø4

variant of 敕[chi4]

敕 = 攵 + 束 : Charlie Chaplin received the imperial order to create sawdust out of a bundle of firewood using a sledgehammer inside the space station's bathroom.

劾

hé = h + e2

to impeach

叻

lè = l + e4

(used in place names)

劭

shào = sh + ao4

surname Shao

劭

shào = sh + ao4

stimulate to effort