勢

force; forces; energy; military strength

13 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 260.

Readings

• セイ (on reading): 勢力 (せいりょく) influence; 国勢調査 (こくせいちょうさ) (national) census
• ゼイ (on reading): 勢 (ぜい) group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.)
• いきおい (kun reading): 勢い (いきおい) force; 勢いづく (いきおいづく) to gain strength
• はずみ (kun reading)

Components

• 埶
• 力
• 丶 radical dot
• 九 radical nine
• 儿 radical legs
• 力 radical power
• 土 radical earth

Words using 勢

• 勢力 (せいりょく) influence
• 国勢調査 (こくせいちょうさ) (national) census
• 姿勢 (しせい) posture
• 大勢 (おおぜい) crowd of people
• 情勢 (じょうせい) state of things
• 勢 (ぜい) group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.)
• 勢い (いきおい) force
• 勢いづく (いきおいづく) to gain strength
• 破竹の勢い (はちくのいきおい) (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick)
• 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い (とぶとりをおとすいきおい) great vigor
• 勢い込む (いきおいこむ) to do with enthusiasm
• 伊勢神宮 (いせじんぐう) Ise Grand Shrine
• 伊勢 (いせ) Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)
• 伊勢丹 (いせたん) Isetan (department store)
• 伊勢物語 (いせものがたり) Tales of Ise (Heian period collection of poems)
• 伊勢うどん (いせうどん) Ise udon

206 words in all.

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