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Chinese symbol for “repulsion”

斥力
chì lì
repulsion (in electrostatics); repulsive force

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repulsion is 斥力 (chì lì), defined as: repulsion (in electrostatics); repulsive force.

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Characters and stroke order

斥 chì
to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach
radical 69 ⽄ · 5 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 斥力.

WordPinyinMeaning
排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude
充斥chōng chìto be full of; to flood
驳斥 (駁斥)bó chìto refute; to debunk
斥责 (斥責)chì zéto lash out; to reprimand
斥资 (斥資)chì zīto spend; to allocate funds
训斥 (訓斥)xùn chìto reprimand; to rebuke
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 “repulsion”.

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.