What is the Kanji for "Toil"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Toil", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Toil" is "努".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Tsuto".

Its onyomi reading is "Do".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "奴" means "Servant" and "Dude" and can be read as "Do" and "Yatsu". And The kanji "力" means "Power" and can be read as "Riki", "Ryoku", and "Chikara".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "努" mean in japanese?

"努" means "Toil".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

努力: "Effort". The Japanese verbal noun '努力 (どりょく)' means 'effort'. This word refers to the conscious use of energy and diligence to achieve a goal or complete a task. '努力' is often used to describe the hard work and perseverance required to accomplish something challenging. For example: She made a great effort to learn the language - (彼女はその言語を学ぶのに大変な努力をした). He put in a lot of effort to pass the exam - (彼は試験に合格するために大変な努力をした).

努める: "Strive". The Japanese verb '努める (つとめる)' means 'to strive'. This verb is used to express the act of making great effort or trying one's best to achieve a goal or objective. It suggests a strong determination and commitment to a task or endeavor. For example: I will strive to do my best - (私は最善を尽くします); She strives to be a good student - (彼女は優秀な生徒になるよう努めます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ど" is read as "do". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". And The hiragana "と" is read as "to".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.