Today’s #kanji is #力, which makes its own radical. It is apparently a pictograph with fingers and an arm. Although the katakana カ looks almost identical, that comes from 加, so the kanji 力 does not have the “ka” sound.
Meaning: power, strength, energy, force
Reading: リキ、リョク、ちから（ぢから）
力学（リキガク）: mechanics, dynamics, statics
力作（リキサク）: a work of great effort
力士（リキシ）: a sumo wrestler
自力（ジリキ）: one’s own strength, one’s own efforts
火力（カリョク）: heat (produced by combustion), firepower
学力（ガクリョク）: scholastic ability, academic ability
気力（キリョク）: (moral) energy, drive, spirit, motivation, willpower
重力（ジュウリョク）: gravity
力（ちから）を入（い）れる: to make strong effort, to take great interest, to pay special attention
馬鹿力（バカぢから）: great physical strength, animal strength, brute force
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