劢
mài

put forth effort

Components

万
万 Sound component
wàn ten thousand
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

strength

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

勱 put forth effort Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːds

說文解字

勉力也。《周書》曰：“用勱相我邦家。”讀若萬。从力萬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)