勉 — myeon

Parts that make up 勉

How 勉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 勉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 免, 力.

Korean example words with 勉

• 면학勉學 Korean gloss: 학문에 힘씀
• 근면勤勉 Korean gloss: 부지런히 일하며 힘씀
• 면려勉勵 Korean gloss: 스스로 애써 노력하거나 힘씀
• 권면勸勉 Korean gloss: 알아듣도록 권하고 격려하여 힘쓰게 함
• 근면성勤勉性 Korean gloss: 부지런한 품성
• 출면표出勉票 Korean gloss: 공사판에서 일용(日傭) 노동자들이 나와 일하였음을 증명하여 발급하는 표
• 공면共勉 Korean gloss: 함께 힘씀.
• 면행勉行 Korean gloss: 힘써 행함.
• 역면力勉 Korean gloss: 부지런히 힘씀.
• 계면誡勉 Korean gloss: 훈계하고 격려함.
• 노면勞勉 Korean gloss: 위로하고 격려함.
• 면암勉庵 Korean gloss: ‘최익현’의 호.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 勉

• 勉強べんきょう study; diligence; working hard
• 勤勉きんべん diligent; hard-working; industrious
• 勉学べんがく study; pursuit of knowledge
• 勉強中べんきょうちゅう while studying; presently studying
• 勉励べんれい diligence
• 黽勉びんべん industry; diligence
• 無勉むべん without studying
• 猛勉もうべん studying hard; cramming
• ガリ勉がりべん person who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot
• 不勉強ふべんきょう idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
• 勉強家べんきょうか diligent student; studious person
• 勉強机べんきょうづくえ study desk

Characters sharing the phonetic 免

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “면”

Other hanja with radical 力