势 — Chinese character
势
shì
power, force; tendency, attitude
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 19 ⼒ (Power)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 执 力
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strength; meaning component 力; sound component 执
- Traditional
- 勢
Common words with 势
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì li | power; influence |
| 趋势 (趨勢) | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances; situation |
| 局势 (局勢) | jú shì | situation; state (of affairs) |
| 姿势 (姿勢) | zī shì | posture; position |
| 强势 (強勢) | qiáng shì | strong; powerful |
| 态势 (態勢) | tài shì | posture; situation |
| 势必 (勢必) | shì bì | to be bound to; undoubtedly will |
| 走势 (走勢) | zǒu shì | tendency; trend |
| 势头 (勢頭) | shì tóu | power; momentum |
| 弱势 (弱勢) | ruò shì | vulnerable; weak |
English words written with 势
- situation
- conditions
- trend
- aggressive
- vulnerable
- tendency
- terrain
- gesture
- mindset
- dominance
- inferior
- imperative
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.