努
to exert; to strive
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,011 U+52AA
How 努 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 奴 (phonetic, nú)
How to remember it
toil · Heisig RSH #748
奴 slave + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 奴
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 奴 (nú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奴 sound component | nú | slave, servant |
| 怒 | nù | anger, passion, rage |
| 弩 | nǔ | crossbow; an arrow falling, a downward stroke |
| 驽 | nú | tired old horse; old, weak |
| 呶 | náo | talkative; clamour, hubbub |
| 胬 | nǔ | pterygium, surfer's eye |
| 孥 | nú | one's children |
Words containing 努
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拜科努尔航天发射基地 | Bài kē nǔ ěr Háng tiān Fā shè Jī dì | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 加大努力 | jiā dà nǔ lì | to try harder; to redouble one's efforts |
| 亚努科维奇 | Yà nǔ kē wéi qí | Viktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician |
| 西哈努克 | Xī hā nǔ kè | (King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia) |
| 努纳武特 | Nǔ nà wǔ tè | Nunavut territory, Canada |
| 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 | shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi | if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age |
| 哈努卡节 | Hā nǔ kǎ jié | Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur fr… |
| 努库阿洛法 | Nǔ kù ā luò fǎ | Nuku'alofa (capital of Tonga) |
| 瓦努阿图 | Wǎ nǔ ā tú | Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean |
| 努嘴儿 | nǔ zuǐ r | erhua variant of 努嘴[nu3 zui3] |
| 努美阿 | Nǔ měi ā | Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia |
| 努比亚 | Nǔ bǐ yà | Nubia |
| 拜科努尔 | Bài kē nǔ ěr | Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan) |
| 努尔哈赤 | Nǔ ěr hā chì | Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin… |
| 奇努克 | Qí nǔ kè | Chinook (helicopter) |
| 因努伊特 | Yīn nǔ yī tè | Inuit |
| 哈努卡 | Hā nǔ kǎ | Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur fr… |
| 科托努 | Kē tuō nǔ | Cotonou (city in Benin) |
| 阿伊努 | Ā yī nǔ | Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east) |
| 贝努力 | Bèi nǔ lì | Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782)) |