All-Out Effort 全力
zenryoku2 characters8 strokes
全力 (zenryoku) means all-out effort: putting every bit of your strength into what you do and holding nothing back.
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Meaning 意味
What 全力 means
The Japanese word for All-Out Effort, written with 2 kanji and read zenryoku.
全力 means using all the strength you have. It describes doing something wholeheartedly, without cutting corners.
When people write it in Japan. People in Japan write 全力 to show the will to give their best, whether at a school sports day, a performance or in their goals for the new year.
Japanese children know every kanji here by 3rd grade.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 全力
Three things to watch
- In the top part of 全, spread the left and right sweeps wide, as if covering the 王 below.
- Space the 3 horizontal lines inside 全 about evenly, and make the bottom one the longest.
- 力 has 2 strokes. The 1st stroke turns down from a horizontal line and flicks up, and the 2nd stroke, the left sweep, stretches long.
Stroke order
Follow the vermilion stroke, frame by frame.
Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
How to practice 練習
Trace first, then copy
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- TraceTrace the outlines with a brush pen. Or lay thin hanshi paper over the page and trace with brush and ink.
- CopySet the model beside your paper and copy it stroke by stroke. Look at the model more than at your own paper.
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