Read Edit View history Discussion 努 nǔ HSK2 to exert Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 奴 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas nǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 努 Simp strokes 努 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 努 Simp strokes 努 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 努 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 337, 852 ], [ 356, 832 ], [ 368, 804 ], [ 275, 549 ], [ 306, 527 ], [ 428, 471 ], [ 455, 434 ] ], [ [ 445, 713 ], [ 462, 695 ], [ 472, 672 ], [ 440, 586 ], [ 393, 499 ], [ 356, 453 ], [ 305, 410 ], [ 229, 371 ], [ 179, 358 ] ], [ [ 92, 629 ], [ 139, 605 ], [ 248, 631 ], [ 415, 660 ], [ 433, 672 ] ], [ [ 538, 717 ], [ 610, 716 ], [ 711, 745 ], [ 750, 742 ], [ 762, 729 ], [ 723, 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454,266Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.