EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work

    esp. りきさく

    今回発売されたアルバムは、ストーリー仕立てになっていて力作だ。
    Her latest album is a tour de force. It even has a storyline.
  2. Noun, Suru verb

    toil; labor; labour

    Formal or literary termesp. りょくさく

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

Kun
ちから
On
リョク、リキ、リイ
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
62 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

じから、つとむ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-2-4SKIP code
2g0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4002.7Four corner code
1645deroo
529bUnicode hex code
1-46-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
715Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
521New Nelson (John Haig)
3371New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4178Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2114Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2860Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
858Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
922Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
11Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
53Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2288Morohashi
74A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148sakade
128Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38henshall3
9Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
38crowley
173Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
207Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
866Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li4Pinyin reading
ryeogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

make, production, prepare, build

Kun
つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
On
サク、サ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
103 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

くり、さか、さっ、づくり、とも、なお、はぎ、まさか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.10The Kanji Dictionary
2821.1Four corner code
2154deroo
4f5cUnicode hex code
1-26-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
167New Nelson (John Haig)
68New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
77Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1142Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
99A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
362Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
147Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518Morohashi
127A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
360Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82sakade
116Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
141henshall3
144Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
120crowley
137Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.4busy_people
75Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1151Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zuo1, zuo4, zuo2Pinyin reading
jag, ja, juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level