勉 (miǎn)
to force oneself; to exhort (often used in 勉強)
How 勉 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺈ — knife
- Traditional
- 勉
- Simplified
- 勉 (unchanged)
Components
- ⺈ knife
- 口 mouth
- 丨 line
- 乚 second
- 力 power/force
Common words using 勉
- 勉強 miǎnqiǎng
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant
- 勉勵 miǎnlì
- to encourage
- 自勉 zìmiǎn
- to encourage oneself
- 互勉 hùmiǎn
- to encourage each other
- 勉力 miǎnlì
- to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
- 勉勉強強 miǎnmiǎnqiǎngqiǎng
- to achieve with difficulty; only just up to the task; barely adequate
- 勉縣 miǎnxiàn
- Mian county in Hànzhōng 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shǎnxī
- 勤勉 qínmiǎn
- diligence; diligent; industrious
- 勸勉 quànmiǎn
- to advise; to encourage
勉 in a sentence
如果不喜歡，就不要勉強自己。
Rúguǒ bù xǐhuān, jiù bùyào miǎnqiǎng zìjǐ.
“If you don't like it, don't force yourself.”
How common is 勉?
勉 is the 2,074th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.4% of all running text.
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