努
nǔ HSK2

to exert

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approved by inralback19 · Apr 11, 2026, 01:38 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Apr 12, 2026, 08:57 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 奴 represents the sound.

Components

奴
奴 Sound component
nú slave
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnaːʔ
Unicodenǒ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang