努 – toil, diligent, as much as possible

7 strokesTaught in grade 4#749 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 努 means toil, diligent, as much as possible. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ド (do); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つと.める (tsutomeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 力 (no. 19).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ド	do
Kun’yomi	つと.める	tsutomeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 力 (Kangxi radical 19). Components: 女・又・力.

Words using 努

努力どりょくeffort努めるつとめるto endeavor (to do)努めてつとめてas much as possible

Example sentences

俺はベストを尽くそうと努力している。

I gotta try to do my best.

Tatoeba #188369

お手伝いさんたちは主人の命令を実行しようと努めた。

The servants tried to carry out their master's order.

Tatoeba #227053

水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さぬようにする。

A bird flying out of the water is careful not to cause turbulence.

Tatoeba #143624

Kanji with the same radical

力動務加勝勢助労効募勤功勉勧励勇

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