努 — kanji meaning “toil”
努
toil, diligent, as much as possible
- Meanings
- toil, diligent, as much as possible
- On'yomi
- ド (do)
- Kun'yomi
- つと.める
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #749 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 19
- Chinese reading
- nǔ, náo — Chinese character page
Words with 努
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 努力 | どりょく doryoku | effort; exertion; endeavour |
| 努める | つとめる tsutomeru | to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard |
| 努めて | つとめて tsutomete | as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's ability |
| 努力家 | どりょくか doryokuka | hard worker; hardworking person |
| 努力賞 | どりょくしょう doryokushou | prize awarded for good effort; consolation prize |
| 奮励努力 | ふんれいどりょく funreidoryoku | making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself |
| 自助努力 | じじょどりょく jijodoryoku | self-help efforts; independent efforts; self-supporting endeavor |
| 努力奮励 | どりょくふんれい doryokufunrei | making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself |
| 奮闘努力 | ふんとうどりょく funtoudoryoku | try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts |
| 努努 | ゆめゆめ yumeyume | certainly; absolutely |
| 経営努力 | けいえいどりょく keieidoryoku | management effort; managerial effort; operation action |
| 企業努力 | きぎょうどりょく kigyoudoryoku | business efforts; corporate efforts |
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