mài

put forth effort

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

mài put forth effort Simplified

Components

Sound component
wàn ten thousand
Meaning component
lì, li power

strength

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode