勉

勉 U+52C9, 勉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52C9
← 勈
[U+52C8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勊 →
[U+52CA]

勉 U+FA33, 勉
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA33
← 免
[U+FA32] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勤 →
[U+FA34]

勉 U+2F826, 勉
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F826
← 勇
[U+2F825] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 勤 →
[U+2F827]

Translingual
Japanese 勉
Simplified 勉
Traditional 勉

Alternative forms

Note that in Japanese shinjitai, the bottom left handed stroke ㇓ of 免 is written as two separate components (𫩏+儿).

Han character

勉 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7 in Chinese, 力+8 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓山大尸 (NUKS), four-corner 24212, composition ⿺免力)

References

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 勉

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (免) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
免 *mronʔ
娩 *mronʔ, *mronʔ, *m̥ʰons, *monʔ, *mons, *muns
勉 *mronʔ
俛 *mronʔ
鮸 *mronʔ
冕 *mronʔ
絻 *mronʔ, *moːn, *muns
婏 *m̥ʰos
浼 *muːlʔ
鞔 *moːn
悗 *moːn
嬎 *m̥ʰons
晚 *monʔ
挽 *monʔ
輓 *monʔ, *mons
脕 *monʔ, *mons, *muns
莬 *muns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mronʔ) : phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – make a strong effort.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • miang2 - Shantou;
  • miêng2 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 勉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 亡辨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mianX/
Li
Rong		 /mjɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /mĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 min5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 miǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mr[o][r]ʔ/
English make an effort

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勉
Reading # 1/1
No. 9068
Phonetic
component		 免
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 免
Old
Chinese		 /*mronʔ/

Definitions

勉

  1. to endeavor; to make an effort; to strive
  2. to encourage; to urge
  3. to force; to do something reluctantly
  4. † to hurry; quickly
  5. † Alternative form of 娩 (miǎn, “to give birth to a child”).
  6. a surname

Compounds

Japanese
Shinjitai 勉
Kyūjitai
[1]
勉
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or
勉+&#xFE00;?
勉󠄀
勉+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
勉󠄃
勉+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
勉

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勉)

  1. effort
  2. to study

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

勉(つとむ) • (Tsutomu) 

  1. a male given name

References
  1. “勉”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 勉 (MC mˠiᴇnX).

Hanja

Wikisource 勉 (eumhun 힘쓸 면 (himsseul myeon))

  1. Hanja form? of 면 (“strive; make an effort”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

勉: Hán Nôm readings: miễn, mến, mễn, mịn

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