じき【力】 : jiki | define meaning

Cognate with standard Japanese りき【力】 riki "strength". Ultimately from Chinese 【力】 (cf. Mandarin lì; Cantonese lik6 and let5, Gan lit6; Hakka li̍t and lid6; Jin lieh4; Min Bei lì; Min Dong lĭk; Min Nan la̍t, le̍k, lia̍k and lag8; Wu liq; Xiang li6; Sino-Korean 력 ryeok and 역 yeok; Sino-Vietnamese lực and sức). Reconstructed as *lɨk̚ for Middle-Chinese.