What does the kanji 勉 mean?

exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort

How is the kanji 勉 read?

ベン (Ben); つと.める (Tsutomeru)

勉

Tsutomeruつとめる

exertion

Benべん

Examples

勉学べんがくstudy

勉強べんきょうstudy

勉 (Tsutomeru) is a JLPT N4 kanji meaning “exertion, endeavour, encourage”. It is taught in grade 3 and written in 10 strokes.