Memory phrase for the character: 努

努

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Meaning

make efforts, endeavor, to strive

Pronunciation

DO
tsutomeru

Explanation

 Top: guy, slave 奴 (women's-女-hands 又 made me to a guy, but also to a slave.), bottom: strength 力 (hand/arm with biceps ノ)

Mnemonic
 
The slave has enough strength to make an effort.

Radicals

奴 slave
力 power forceFor example, left 左 or right 右 is understood as a hand ナ with a forearm. If the other line is seen as a bicep, this can be understood as "force".
又 handSeveral characters are used for hand: , 扌, 手, ヨ




 Vocabulary

努める つとめる  to work (for), to endeavor, to be diligent
努力 どりょく  great effort, exertion, endeavour, effort
努めて つとめて  Wake an effort! - Work hard!

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