Radical 19 or radical power () meaning "power" or "force" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 163 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 23rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution Kana ka (か/カ) are from . Compare , 又 and 爪; unrelated to 刀.
Derived characters Strokes Characters +0 +1 +2 SC (=勸) SC (= -> 辛) +3 SC (=務) SC (=勱) +4 SC (=動) +5 SC/JP (=勵) SC (=勁) SC (=勞) JP (=勞) +6 JP/variant (= -> 攴) SC (=勢) +7 JP/variant (= -> 攴) SC (=勛/勳) KO +8 +9 SC (=勩) +10 +11 JP (=勸) +12 +13 JP (=勳) +14 +15 +17 +18
Sinogram The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.
References
Literature
Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993,
External links
Unihan Database - U+529B