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Kanji Detail for 努 - "effort, to strive"

努

  • Meaning

    努 means "effort, to strive."

    1. Effort - Hard work; exertion.

    2. Strive - To try hard; to endeavor.

  • Words using 努

    • 努力 どりょく Listen effort; exertion; endeavour

  • Four-character idioms with 努

    • 努力奮励 どりょくふんれい Listen making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
    • 奮励努力 ふんれいどりょく Listen making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
    • 奮闘努力 ふんとうどりょく Listen try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts

  • Tattoo check: 努

    • Verified meaning: effort, to strive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つとむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 努

    Given names 努(つとむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    toil; diligent; as much as possible

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to exert, strive, make an effort; to pout

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to exert; to strive

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to exert, to strive, to make an effort; to pout

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To strive; to exert. Such as 努力加餐 (make an effort to eat more).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    do(ド) ド

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuto.meru(つと-める) つと-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    effort strive exertion endeavor commitment dedication determination diligence hard work labor perseverance persistence toil

Sentences including 努

  • With all his efforts , he couldn't succeed.

  • Your efforts resulted in the success.

  • I felt it my duty to do so.

  • Our effort ended in failure.

  • Whether you will succeed or not depends on your efforts.

  • You don't exert yourself much.

  • With all his efforts , the accident happened.

  • The teacher tried to accustom the children to school.

  • She made great efforts to pass the examination.

  • Give it your all , and you won't be sorry later.

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