to exert / to strive

= + : There is an emergency in the space station (Ø3), but both Nelson Newt (nu) and the slave (奴) are too weak to push the emergency power button (力). They exert (努) all their power to push the button together and let ground control know of the emergency.

努 character breakdown

surname Li
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
slave

= + : Bessie Coleman (女) is terrified when she discovers Nelson Newt (nu) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) since she is afraid of amphibians. She instantly orders her slave (奴) to smash Nelson Newt with a boxing glove (又).

Characters with 努 as component

努 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 努

Viktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician
to work together / to collaborate
assiduous / taking great pains
to try harder / to redouble one's efforts
Nuuk, capital of Greenland
to extend / to push out (hands as a gesture) / to pout (i.e. push out lips)
to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)
to extend / to put forth
to pout / to stick out one's lips
erhua variant of 努嘴[nu3 zui3]

Sentences with 努

努 currently does not appear in any sentence.