Radical: 力 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

努 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 努

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 努.

努克
nǔ kè
努出
nǔ chū
to extend
努力
nǔ lì
great effort
努嘴
nǔ zuǐ
to pout
努劲儿
nǔ jìn r
to extend
努嘴儿
nǔ zuǐ r
erhua variant of 努嘴, to pout
努比亚
nǔ bǐ yà
Nubia
努美阿
nǔ měi ā
史努比
shǐ nǔ bǐ
哈努卡
hā nǔ kǎ
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
qí nǔ kè
Chinook (helicopter)
支努干
zhī nǔ gān
Chinook (helicopter)

Related characters (radical 力)

Characters that share the radical .

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