The kanji 努: meaning, readings and stroke order
努
- Meaning
- try hard
- On reading
- ド do
- Kun reading
- つと(める) tsutomeru
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 力 power, force
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cố gắng (nỗ)
- Japanese
- がんばる。つとめる。
- Korean
- 힘쓰다, 애쓰다 (노)
- Chinese
- 努力
Readings, words and example sentences
ド do · on reading
努力
effort, hard work
毎日の 努力が 大切です。
Trying hard every day is important.
つと(める) tsutomeru · kun reading · less common
努める
to try hard, to make an effort
早く 起きるよう 努めます。
I try hard to get up early.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.