Character: 力
Modern (Beijing) reading: lì
Preclassic Old Chinese: rǝk
Classic Old Chinese: rǝk
Western Han Chinese: rǝk
Eastern Han Chinese: rǝk
Early Postclassic Chinese: lɨk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lɨk
Late Postclassic Chinese: lɨk
Middle Chinese: lik
English meaning : sinew; strength, force, power
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сила; энергия; мощь; могущество; 2) способности, данные; возможности; ресурсы; 3) усилия; прилагать усилия, трудиться; усиленно, упорно; энергично, изо всех сил; 4) физическая работа; рабочая сила; чернорабочий; 5) Ли (фамилия)
Comments: In Viet. cf. also an earlier colloquial loan: sú'c 'strength, force'. For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen lat8, Chaozhou lak8, Fuzhou lik8, Jianou li8.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data Number: 14
Character: 力
MC description : 曾開三入職來
ZIHUI: 0500 0621
Beijing: li 3
Jinan: li 3
Xi'an: li 11
Taiyuan: liǝʔ 41
Hankou: ni 12
Chengdu: ni 12
Yangzhou: liǝʔ 4
Suzhou: liôʔ 42
Wenzhou: lei 42
Changsha: ni 4
Shuangfeng: ni 31
Nanchang: lit 41
Meixian: lit 42
Guangzhou: lîk 42
Xiamen: lîk 42 (lit.); lat 42
Chaozhou: lak 42
Fuzhou: liʔ 42
Shanghai: lîʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: li 43
Radical: 19
Four-angle index: 4670
Karlgren code: 0928 a-b
Vietnamese reading: lụ'c
Jianchuan Bai: -ɣɨ2
Bijiang Bai: ɣɨ2
Shijing occurrences: 38.2