勉

Note that in Japanese shinjitai, the bottom left handed stroke ㇓ of 免 is written as two separate components (𫩏+儿).

勉 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7 in Chinese, 力+8 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓山大尸 (NUKS), four-corner 2421₂, composition ⿺免力)

• 𬾲, 𠷦, 㛯, 𢱍, 𭦴, 𤧔, 𦂔, 𱺨, 𨍠, 𨩯, 𩋭, 𠣉, 𠅦, 𡩄, 葂, 𣈳, 𫁕, 𤸩, 𰑷, 𠢖

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

• Unihan data for U+FA33

• Unihan data for U+2F826

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mronʔ): phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – make a strong effort.

勉

1. to endeavor; to make an effort; to strive

   • 公子勉之矣！老臣不能從。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     公子勉之矣！老臣不能从。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Gōngzǐ miǎnzhī yǐ! Lǎochén bùnéng cóng. [Pinyin]

     Strive, my prince! Your old servant is unable to help.

2. to encourage; to urge
3. to force; to do something reluctantly
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hurry; quickly
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 娩 (“to give birth to a child”)
6. a surname

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勉)

1. effort
2. to study

• Go-on: めん (men)
• Kan-on: べん (ben, Jōyō)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 勉める)^{←つとむ (tutomu, 勉む, historical)}、はげます (hagemasu, 勉ます)、ひこ (hiko)、やつ (yatsu)
• Nanori: かつ (katsu)、すすむ (susumu)、つとむ (tsutomu)、まさる (masaru)、ます (masu)、やす (yasu)

• 勉(べん)学(がく) (bengaku): study
• 勉(べん)強(きょう) (benkyō): study, studies
• 勉(べん)励(れい) (benrei): effort, striving

勉(つとむ) • (Tsutomu) 

1. a male given name

From Middle Chinese 勉 (MC mjenX).

Wikisource

勉 (eumhun 힘쓸 면 (himsseul myeon))

1. hanja form^? of 면 (“strive; make an effort”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

勉: Hán Nôm readings: miễn, mến, mễn, mịn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.