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KanjiN3Grade 4 · 小47 strokesRadical 力

努 · toil, diligent

努 is a kanji meaning toil, diligent, as much as possible. It has 7 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ドdo

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • つとめるtsutomeru

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 努 · 3 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 努
WordReadingMeaningLevel
努力どりょくgreat effort, exertion, endeavorN3
努めるつとめるto try, to aimN2
努めてつとめてmake an effort!, work hard!N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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7 strokes
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