動力

See also: 动力

Chinese

 
to move; to change; to use; to act
power; force; strength
trad. (動力)
simp. (动力)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 動力 (どうりょく) (dōryoku, (electric) power)

Pronunciation


Noun

動力

  1. motive power
  2. force; impetus
  3. motivation (to do something)

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
りょく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

動力 (hiragana どうりょく, rōmaji dōryoku)

  1. power
  2. (electric) power
  3. motive power

Descendants

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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