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Mythic Mandarin

努力 (nǔ lì): meaning and stroke order

努力 (nǔ lì) means to make an effort; to try hard; to strive, hard-working; conscientious.

努力

Simplified
努力
Traditional
努力 (same form)
Pinyin
nǔ lì

Stroke order of 努力

努

  • nǔ to exert; to strive
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

力

  • Lì surname Li
  • lì power; force
  • 2 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 努力

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

Radicals of the characters

努
Radical 力 (Kangxi radical 19) · 7 strokes · 奴 on top, 力 below
力
Radical 力 (Kangxi radical 19) · 2 strokes · built from 𠃌 and 丿

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.

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).