strive

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
厲 sound component

  Sound component

  

whetstone

力 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

power

Definitions

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strive; encourage; to encourage; to urge

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surname Li

Most common words with 勵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鼓励

to encourage

奖励

to reward

激励

to urge

励志

to encourage

to urge