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努

努 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つとめる。何かの目的を達するために力をこめる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「力」+音符「奴」。「つとめる」を意味する漢語｛努｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

toil, diligent, as much as possible

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ドElem.
Kun (native)
  • つと(める)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音nu3
  • 拼音nao2
  • 한글no
  • Hán-ViệtNỗ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
力(ちから)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+52AA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱奴力

Words using this kanji

  • 努力どりょく意識して可能なのをこと。effort, exertion, endeavour, endeavor
  • 努めるつとめるつとめる参照to endeavor (to do), to endeavour, to try hard, to work hard
  • 努めてつとめてas much as possible, as far as possible, to the best of one's ability, diligently
  • 努ゆめnever, by no means
  • 努どthird principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, downward stroke
  • 努努ゆめゆめcertainly, absolutely, (not even) a little bit, diligently
  • 努力家どりょくか目標を達成するために努力を惜しまない人。hard worker, hardworking person
  • 努力賞どりょくしょうprize awarded for good effort, consolation prize
  • 努力奮励どりょくふんれいmaking strenuous efforts, exerting oneself
  • 努力目標どりょくもくひょうgoal to strive for, challenge
  • 努力義務どりょくぎむobligation to make a sincere effort (to follow a set of rules, etc.)
  • 努力の賜物どりょくのたまものfruit of one's labor, result of one's efforts
  • 努力も虚しくどりょくもむなしくafter efforts in vain

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-2
Four Corner
4742.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2g5.6
Heisig
929
Nelson
717