勤

勤 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+11 in Chinese, 力+10 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 廿一大尸 (TMKS), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿰堇力 or ⿰𦰌力(J))

• 懄, 㢙, 懃
• 𡀣, 𣝀, 𤯺, 𠪲, 𥵚, 𤐂
• 𭏶, 𫦽, 𮜺

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2415
• Dae Jaweon: page 336, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 378, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52E4

• Unihan data for U+FA34

• Unihan data for U+2F827

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯn): phonetic 堇 (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – to work hard, to be diligent.

勤

1. industrious; diligent; attentive

   辛勤  ―  xīnqín  ―  hardworking

   勤於政事／勤于政事  ―  qínyú zhèngshì  ―  to be diligent in attending to government affairs

2. (literary, or in compounds) laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting
3. (literary, or in compounds) duties; service

   外勤  ―  wàiqín  ―  fieldwork

   執勤／执勤  ―  zhíqín  ―  to be on duty

4. frequent (done or occurring often)

   勤洗手  ―  qín xǐshǒu  ―  wash hands frequently

   • 自從他到法國去了以後，我練習得很勤；我一定可以把他打敗。 [MSC, trad.]
     自从他到法国去了以后，我练习得很勤；我一定可以把他打败。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1943, Zhu Shenghao, 《漢姆萊脫》 (translation of Hamlet)

     Zìcóng tā dào Fǎguó qù le yǐhòu, wǒ liànxí dé hěn qín; wǒ yīdìng kěyǐ bǎ tā dǎbài. [Pinyin]

     Since he went into France, I haue beene in continuall practice; I shall winne at the oddes.

5. 80th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "laboring" (𝍕)
6. a surname

• (laborious):

• (duties): 勤務／勤务 (qínwù)
• (frequent):

• “勤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “勤”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 236.

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. diligence

• Go-on: ごん (gon, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 勤める, Jōyō)^{←つとむ (tutomu, 勤む, historical)}、つとまる (tsutomaru, 勤まる, Jōyō)、いそう (isou, 勤う)^{←いそふ (isofu, 勤ふ, historical)}、いそし (isoshi, 勤し)、いそしむ (isoshimu, 勤しむ)、つとめ (tsutome, 勤め)
• Nanori: いそ (iso)、いそし (isoshi)、すすむ (susumu)、つとむ (tsutomu)、とし (toshi)、のり (nori)、ゆき (yuki)

勤(つとむ) • (Tsutomu) 

1. a male given name

勤 (eumhun 부지런할 근 (bujireonhal geun))

1. hanja form^? of 근 (“industrious, diligent, attentive”)

勤: Hán Nôm readings: cần, cùn

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