努 nǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- Made of
- 奴 slave, servant 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
努力
nǔlì
to work hard; effort
Characters in this word
力 lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我会努力。 Wǒ huì nǔlì. I will work hard.
- 他很努力。 Tā hěn nǔlì. He works very hard.
- 大家努力学。 Dàjiā nǔlì xué. Everyone studies hard.