Components

勢 means 'vigorous'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 348   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-1    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 35    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 29 words   Used in 192 words   Used in 848 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   セイ
Kun
   いきお vigour, energy
Name
   せ
On    ゼイ
Kun    はずみ
⿱   get round the ground ahead   effort  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 勢 is used 8 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 勢 is used 188 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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セイ : 142 words FIND ALL
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noun
attitude; posture; stance; approach; carriage (of the body)
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セイ (read as ぜい) : 19 words FIND ALL
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many; crowd; great number of people
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はずみ : 2 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 弾車
noun
flywheel
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いきお : 12 words FIND ALL
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to gather strength; to take heart
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いきお (read as いきおい) : 1 word FIND ALL
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Most common form: 勢い
adverb, noun
1. force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life
2. influence; authority; power; might
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せ: 12 words. FIND ALL
proper noun
Isetan (department store)
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An additional いきお.い less common words include 勢 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 747 (originally: 518)  Joy o' Kanji : 518  Key to Kanji: 591 

Cascading kanji view

セイ   vigorous   いきお vigour, energy   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
get round the ground ahead
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ガン   round; circle   まる round, circular   
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
dot   
ground ahead
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
セン   さき ahead   
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