5-SECOND RADICAL BREAKDOWN

力 (Power) vs 動 (Move) vs 勉 (Exert/Study) vs 加 (Add) vs 助 (Help)

Whenever you see 力 (Power / Muscle) on the right side of a kanji, someone is exerting physical effort!

ON りょく, りき

Rio’s cool (りょく), but shooting your power-ful bow there may be tricky (りき)...

ON どう

KUN うご

To move a heavy box of dough (どう) through an oolong-tea gorge (うご), you need powerful protection...

ON べん

After a day of hard work the exhausted queen is protected by her powerful guard Ben (べん).

ON か

KUN くわ

Mr. Kangaroo (か) added a security detail so he could safely wear his cool watch (くわ) in London...

ON じょ

KUN たす, すけ

The archer got a job (じょ) helping protect the super chemistry (すけ) lab developing taco sushi (たす)...