孜: diligent

diligent; tireless

7 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here

Readings

シ

Kun

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Occurs only in 孜孜 / 孜々 (diligently) and 孜孜営営; 々 just repeats the kanji.

孜孜ししdiligently; assiduously

孜々ししdiligently (々 spelling)

孜孜営営ししえいえいwith unremitting zeal

彼かれは毎日まいにち、孜孜ししとして研究けんきゅうに励はげんでいる。

He works diligently at his research every day.

孜々ししとして畑はたけを耕たがやした父ちちのおかげで、家族かぞくは飢うえずにすんだ。

Thanks to my father, who tilled the fields tirelessly, the family never went hungry.

孜孜営営ししえいえいと働はたらき続つづけて、彼かれはついに自分じぶんの店みせを持もった。

Working on with unremitting zeal, he finally got a shop of his own.