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

倦

勌

juàn = ju + an4

old variant of 倦[juan4]

倦 = 亻 + 卷 : After a long day Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Zeus (ju) are just so very tired (倦). They just put in their hair rollers (卷) and lie down to sleep in the anthill's bathroom (an4).

勈

yǒng = yu + (e)ng3

old variant of 勇[yong3]

勠

lù = lu + Ø4

(literary) to join (forces)

勚

勩

yì = y + Ø4

(literary) toilsome / laborious / (of an edge etc) worn out / blunt

勯

da̅n = d + an1