漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
努: toil, diligent
Also: as much as possible
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
力 carries the meaning · 奴 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ドdo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 努力家どりょくかhard worker
- 努力賞どりょくしょうawarded for a person's effort
- 努力するどりょくするexert oneself, strive
- 努力どりょく
つとめるtsutomeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 努めるつとめるwork, strive, exert oneself
- 努めてつとめてas much as possible; as far as possible
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side努 toil · 力
vs怒 angry · 心In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nǔ
Same form: 努 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 努 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 努 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin nǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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