Memory phrase for the character: 势

势

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Meaning power, influence, potential, conditions, gesture

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it) [bead, pill 丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.], bottom: power 力

Mnemonic
 
Grasping with power means power and influence.

Radicals

执 grasp, seizeIf you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.
力 power, forcevariations are: 为 or: to act 办.
丸 small beadA 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.
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 Vocabulary

势力 shì li  power; (ability to) influence
形势 xíng shì  circumstances; situation; terrain
局势 jú shì  situation; state (of affairs)
姿势 zī shì  posture; position
优势 yōu shì  superiority; dominance; advantage
趋势 qū shì  trend; tendency
电动势 diàn dòng shì  electromotive force
气势汹汹 qì shì xiōng xiōng  aggressive; truculent; overbearing
势阱 shì jǐng  potential well (physics)
势阱 shì jǐng  

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