The kanji 勢: meaning, readings and stroke order

勢

Meaning: force, power
On reading: セイ sei
Kun reading: いきお（い） ikioi
Strokes: 13
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khí thế, sức mạnh (thế)
Japanese: いきおい。ちから。
Korean: 기세, 힘 (세)
Chinese: 气势、力量 (势)

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading

勢せい力りょく
force, strength
台風の 勢せい力りょくが弱まりました。
The typhoon has grown weaker.

いきお（い） ikioi · kun reading

勢いきおい
force, momentum
川の水が 勢いきおいよく流れます。
The river water rushes along with great force.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.