U+529B "力" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+529B "力" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram that represents the concept of "power," "strength," or "force" in the Chinese writing system, and it is widely used in both traditional and simplified Chinese, as well as in Japanese and Korean scripts. This character is classified as a radical in the Kangxi dictionary, where it appears as radical number 19, and it frequently functions as a semantic component in compound characters related to physical effort or ability, such as "加" meaning "to add" or "助" meaning "to help." Its visual form is thought to derive from an ancient pictograph depicting a plow or an arm muscle, symbolizing exertion and capability. In modern usage, it appears in common words like "力量" meaning "strength" and "努力" meaning "effort," making it a fundamental element in East Asian written languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+529B
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 力
HTML Hex Encoding 力
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x8A 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x529B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000529B
C/C++/Java Escape \u529b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive A44F
kCCCII 213424
kCNS1986 1-4430
kCNS1992 1-4430
kCangjie KS
kCantonese lik6
kCihaiT 191.403
kCowles 2330
kDaeJaweon 0327.310
kDefinition power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19
kEACC 213424
kFanqie 林直
kFenn 223B
kFennIndex 297.08
kFourCornerCode 4002.7
kGB0 3306
kGB1 3306
kGradeLevel 1
kGSR 0928a
kHangul 력:0E 역:0
kHanYu 10364.040
kHanyuPinlu lì(2488) li(97)
kHanyuPinyin 10364.040:lì
kHDZRadBreak ⼒[U+2F12]:10364.040
kHKGlyph 0375
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0327.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10364.040
kIRGKangXi 0146.050
kIRG_GSource G0-4126
kIRG_HSource HB1-A44F
kIRG_JSource J0-4E4F
kIRG_KPSource KP0-D7FC
kIRG_KSource K0-5574
kIRG_TSource T1-4430
kIRG_VSource V1-4D39
kJapanese リョク リキ ちから つとめる りきむ
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kTGH 2013:19
kJapaneseKun CHIKARA TSUTOMERU RIKIMU
kJapaneseOn RYOKU RIKI
kJis0 4647
kKangXi 0146.050
kKarlgren 523
kKorean LYEK
kLau 1875
kMainlandTelegraph 0500
kMandarin
kMatthews 3920
kMeyerWempe 1553
kMojiJoho MJ007623
kMorohashi 02288
kNelson 0715
kPhonetic 801
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+3991+19.2.0
kRSUnicode 19.0
kSBGY 524.42
kSMSZD2003Index 65.05
kSMSZD2003Readings lì粵lik6
kTaiwanTelegraph 0500
kTang *liək
kTGHZ2013 216.120:lì
kTotalStrokes 2
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese lực
kXerox 241:316
kXHC1983 0699.040:lì