勤qín
industrious, diligent, attentive. 13 strokes, radical 力, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin qínStrokes 13Radical 力Band HSK 5Words 1
What 勤 is made of
堇 (jǐn, yellow loam) and 力 (lì, strength).
力 carries the meaning — strength — and 堇 carries the sound.
How to write 勤
Strokes 1–11 write 堇, then strokes 12–13 write 力.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 勤
Words that use 勤
| 勤奋 | diligent, hardworking 形容做事努力、不怕辛苦 唯有保持勤奋方能精进。Only through diligence can one truly master the craft. Lesson 470, 琴韵书香 · 勤敏笃学与惠泽人间 · Industrious Culture & Altruistic Humanity |
Characters that share the sound part 堇
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 力
All 14 of them, and what the radical means, on the 力 radical page.