努 — toil, diligent, as much as possible
つとめる
努
toil
つとめる
U+52AA
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #749
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #929
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- toil
- diligent
- as much as possible
Readings
- On'yomi
- ど do
- Kun'yomi
- つと tsuto
word
つと tsuto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ど do On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
3 wordsEach dot is a word containing 努: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.