勉 – exertion, endeavour, encourage

10 strokesTaught in grade 3#1066 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 勉 means exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ベン (ben); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つと.める (tsutomeru). It is written with 10 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	ベン	ben
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: 力・免・儿・勹.

Words using 勉

勉強べんきょうstudy勤勉きんべんdiligent

Example sentences

学校ではどんな科目を勉強しますか。

What subjects do you study at school?

Tatoeba #184483

トムはいまや以前にもまして勤勉に働いている。

Tom works more diligently now.

Tatoeba #200110

Kanji with the same radical

力動務加勝勢助労効努募勤功勧励勇

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.