勵 lìLì strive Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 厲 represents the sound. Components 厲 厲 Sound component lì whetstone 力 力 SoundMeaning component lì, li power Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangm·rads Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 励 lì strive Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 厉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 勵. Components 厉 厉 Sound component lì whetstone 力 力 SoundMeaning component lì, li power Sources Readings & variants Unicode