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Mythic Mandarin

努 (nǔ): meaning and stroke order

努 (nǔ) means to exert, to strive.

努

Simplified
努
Traditional
努 (same form)
Pinyin
nǔ

Stroke order of 努

努

  • nǔ to exert; to strive
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 努

  1. nǔ
    • to exert
    • to strive

Radical and structure

努
Radical 力 (Kangxi radical 19) · 7 strokes · 奴 on top, 力 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 努

  • 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).