Chinese Character 努 Meanings and components.

Form

努

Meaning

努 meaning[3] in English

To Exert.

To Strive.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 努 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are slave (奴) , and surname Li (力)

Its radical[1] is: 力 (li4) which means: Surname Li, .力li4surname Li

In cangjie it is written with VEKS

How to write 努

To write努nu3to exert you should write a combination of 奴nu2slave , 力li4surname Li arranged in a 吕 shape:

奴 + 力 = 努

努 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 努 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 努, looks as follow:

努
Pinyin:nu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Exert . To Strive
奴
Pinyin:nu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Slave
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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