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

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

great effort / to strive / to try hard
Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
Chinook (helicopter)
Chinook (helicopter)
Cotonou (city in Benin)
(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)
Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan)

Sentences with 努

努 currently does not appear in any sentence.