Chinese symbol for “herculean”

孔武有力

kǒng wǔ yǒu lì

courageous and strong (idiom); Herculean (physique etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for herculean is 孔武有力 (kǒng wǔ yǒu lì), defined as: courageous and strong (idiom); Herculean (physique etc).

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Characters and stroke order

孔 kǒng

opening, hole, orifice; great

radical 39 ⼦ · 4 strokes

武 wǔ

military; martial, warlike

radical 77 ⽌ · 8 strokes

有 yǒu

to have, to own, to possess; to exist

radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes

力 lì

strength, power; capability, influence

radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 孔武有力.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
面孔	miàn kǒng	face
脸孔 (臉孔)	liǎn kǒng	face
孔雀	kǒng què	peafowl; peacock
瞳孔	tóng kǒng	pupil (of the eye)
穿孔	chuān kǒng	to punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation
毛孔	máo kǒng	pore
武器	wǔ qì	weapon; arms
武装 (武裝)	wǔ zhuāng	arms; equipment
没有 (沒有)	méi yǒu	haven't; hasn't
能力	néng lì	capability; ability

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.