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努

Toil
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingド
Kun readingつと.める

Verbs with «努»

努める努力する

Meanings

  1. toilRtK
  2. diligent
  3. as much as possible
  1. third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong
  2. downward stroke

Radicals and components

Radical力power
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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guy · woman (女) · crotch · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 929

Compound words

彼は平和をもたらす努力をした。
He tried to bring about peace.tatoeba
彼は二度と彼女のことは考えまいと精一杯努力した。
He did his best never to think of her.tatoeba
彼は努力をしたにも関わらず、事業に失敗した。
He failed in his business in spite of his efforts.tatoeba
彼は努力を惜しまなかった。
He spared no efforts.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

私の努力は報われるのだろうか。
わたしのどりょくはむくわれるのだろうか。Will my effort be rewarded?
努力してもすぐに成果は出ません
どりょくしてもすぐにせいかはでませんEffort doesn't show results right away.
それはただ記述しあるいは説明することに努め、価値判断はそれの外にある。
それはただきじゅつしあるいはせつめいすることにつとめ、かちはんだんはそれのそとにある。They only tried to describe or explain, value judgment is outside of it.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Strive. 奴 (labourer) + 力 (effort) — a worker putting in every ounce of strength.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 努

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step