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Japanese symbol for “empower”

Romaji: chikarazukeru
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give (someone) a charge; to empower

In Japanese, empower is , read (chikarazukeru).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. v1, vt to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give (someone) a charge; to empower

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

power, strength, strong
on: リョク、リキ、リイ
kun: ちから
2 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “empower”

WordReadingMeaning
エンパワー enpawaato empower

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きょうりょく kyouryokucooperation; collaboration; help
のうりょく nouryokuability; faculty
どりょく doryokueffort; exertion; endeavour
みりょく miryokucharm; fascination; glamour
でんりょく denryokuelectric power
ぜんりょく zenryokuall one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

See also: Chinese symbol for “empower”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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