勉

音読おんよみ: ベン

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 力(ちから)

Meaning

exertion, effort, study, endeavor


  • 勉強べんきょう — study
  • 勉学べんがく — pursuit of learning
  • 勤勉きんべん — diligence
  • 勉励べんれい — hard work
  • 勉力べんりょく — exerting effort
  • 勉強家べんきょうか — studious person

勉 is composed of 免 (べん, as phonetic) and 力 (ちから, power). It conveys the idea of putting in effort to overcome something, often used in the context of studying or striving.

毎日まいにち勉強べんきょうつづけています。
I continue studying every day.

かれは とても勤勉きんべん学生がくせいです。
He is a very diligent student.

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