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Chinese symbol for “hydraulic”

液力
yè lì
hydraulic power; (attributive) hydraulic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hydraulic is 液力 (yè lì), defined as: hydraulic power; (attributive) hydraulic.

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Characters and stroke order

液 yè
fluid, liquid; juice, sap
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 液力.

WordPinyinMeaning
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
液体 (液體)yè tǐliquid
精液jīng yèsemen
溶液róng yèsolution (chemistry)
液压 (液壓)yè yāhydraulic pressure
液晶yè jīngliquid crystal
能力néng lìcapability; ability
努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious

See also: Japanese symbol for “hydraulic”.

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.