势

power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

力 (semantic, “strength”) + 执 (phonetic, zhí)

components: 执力

force · Heisig RSH #734

执 clench + muscle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 执

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 执 (zhí) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
执 sound component	zhí	to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
热	rè	heat, fever, zeal
垫	diàn	cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another
蛰	zhé	to hibernate
贽	zhì	tribute; a gift given to a superior
鸷	zhì	hawk, vulture

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
势利小人	shì li xiǎo rén	snob
天下大势	tiān xià dà shì	the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms); the pre…
反动势力	fǎn dòng shì li	reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric)
电动势	diàn dòng shì	electromotive force
势不可当	shì bù kě dāng	impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
势利眼	shì li yǎn	snobbish; a snob
有权势者	yǒu quán shì zhě	person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge
有钱有势	yǒu qián yǒu shì	rich and powerful (idiom)
反时势	fǎn shí shì	unconventional
势子	shì zi	gesture; posture
大势	dà shì	overall trend
人势	rén shì	(human) penis (TCM)
国势	guó shì	national strength; situation in a state
山势	shān shì	topography of a mountain; features of a mountain
势头	shì tóu	power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
地势	dì shì	terrain; topography relief
势不两立	shì bù liǎng lì	the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoint…
大张声势	dà zhāng shēng shì	to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
星座运势	xīng zuò yùn shì	(Western-style) horoscope
手势	shǒu shì	gesture; sign; signal