Radical
Strokes
5
Residual strokes
3
Mandarin
mài
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
3 strokes
Strokes
5 strokes
Mandarin
mài

Definitions by reading

mai6
Mandarin equivalent mài
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mai6 Chaoyang mai6 Chenghai mai6 Jieyang mai6 Raoping mai6 Shantou mai6
劢 <动>
努力,尽力 [try hard]
劢,勉力也。――《说文》
用劢相我国家。――《书·立政》。传:“用勉强治我国家。”疏:“使勉力治我国家。”
如彼老马,心念超腾,道路崎岖,劢不可能。――明·刘基《春夜》                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
劢(勱)mài勉力。
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English meaning

put forth effort, strive forward

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
明母 二等 口 夬韵 去声 莫話切
Reconstruction:
Original

勉也,強也。