勉

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 免 + semantic 力 (“strong”) – make a strong effort.

Han character

勉 (radical 19 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓山大尸 (NUKS), four-corner 2421₂)

1. endeavour, make effort
2. urge

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2384
• Dae Jaweon: page 333, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 372, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52C9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

勉 (Yale min5)

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Japanese

Kanji

勉 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: べん (ben)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru)

Compounds

• 勉学
• 勉強
• 勉励

Proper noun

勉 (hiragana つとむ, romaji Tsutomu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

勉 (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

勉 (pinyin miǎn (mian3), Wade-Giles mien³)

Compounds

• 勉力
• 勉励
• 勉强
• 勉为其难

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Vietnamese

Han character

勉 (miễn, mến, mễn, mịn)