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協力

きょうりょく

cooperation, collaboration

Mnemonic

Three lots of power on one rope and ten pairs of hands along it, and the thing finally shifts. Kyo きょう and a rucksack りょく each, and not one of them moved it alone: きょうりょく.

Built from

cooperate
Ten 十 on the left and three lots of 力 power stacked on the right, everybody pulling the same way at once.
power, strength
An arm bent hard at the elbow, drawn in a single stroke.

Words sharing these kanji

strength, power ability, capacity endeavor, effort with all of one's strength, at full capacity real ability, capability stamina, endurance

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