EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

    火星にはかつて原始的な生物が存在していたと彼は力説している。
    He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.
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Characters in this word

2
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

opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

Kun
と.く
On
セツゼイ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
326 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

さとしとき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.12The Kanji Dictionary
0861.6Four corner code
3057deroo
8aacUnicode hex code
1-32-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4373Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5627New Nelson (John Haig)
1547New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1949Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1042Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
499Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
538Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
307A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2143Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
216Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35556PMorohashi
524A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
400Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
654sakade
251Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
553henshall3
620Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
240crowley
292Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.9busy_people
1688Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
511Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shuo1, shui4, yue4Pinyin reading
seol, se, yeolKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level