REPRESENTASI MAKNA KEKUATAN DALAM KARAKTER KANJI YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN BUSHU CHIKARA (力)

Abstract

Kanji is one of the letters used in writing Japanese. One of the elements that influence the shape of kanji is bushu. Bushu is a kanji component that has an important role in the meaning of a kanji, because Japanese people also classify kanji based on the bushu that kanji has. All kanji have bushu which serves to make it easier to understand the kanji. One of the interesting bushu is the kanji chikara (力) which contains elements related to strength. The method used in this research is descriptive research method and library method. The data source for the kanji character of the bushu chikara section is taken from the Kanji Pict O Graphix book. The purpose of this study to understand the meaning of kanji is only to discuss bushu chikara with kanji characters related to strength. The results of this study are  there are 6 kanji letters that have elements of bushu chikara (力) which are closely related to the meaning of strength, which consist of the kanji 勇、脅、協、労、励、and 劣