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劢 means to exert physical strength, strive vigorously, or put forth great effort. It combines the phonetic 万 on the left with the semantic radical 力 'strength, labor' on the right. Its traditional form 勱 uses 萬 as the phonetic component, with the same 力 radical. The character denotes the mental or physical dedication required for arduous tasks, serving as a verb of encouragement or a descriptor for strenuous exertion in classical and formal literary contexts.
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