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努
nǔ
1. to exert
2. to strive
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

努
nǔ
to exert, to strive, to make an effort; to pout
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

努克
Nǔkè
Nuuk, capital of Greenland
努出
nǔchū
to extend
努力
nǔlì
great effort
HSK 3
努嘴
nǔzuǐ
to pout
努劲儿
nǔjìnr
to extend
努嘴儿
nǔzuǐr
erhua variant of [[努嘴<nǔzuǐ>]]
努比亚
Nǔbǐyà
Nubia
努美阿
Nǔměiā
Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
史努比
Shǐnǔbǐ
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
哈努卡
Hānǔkǎ
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)
奇努克
qínǔkè
Chinook (helicopter)
支努干
zhīnǔgān
Chinook (helicopter)
科托努
Kētuōnǔ
Cotonou (city in Benin)
贝努力
Bèinǔlì
Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
阿伊努
Āyīnǔ
Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
共同努力
gòngtóngnǔlì
to work together
刻苦努力
kèkǔnǔlì
assiduous
加大努力
jiādànǔlì
to try harder
努力以赴
nǔlìyǐfù
to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)
努尔哈赤
Nǔěrhāchì
Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty [[後金|后金]] (from 1616)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,080
Word Frequency Rank
4,180 of 84,292

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