漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
与: bestow, participate in
Also: give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend
JLPT N33 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヨyo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 与党よとうgovernment party
- 給与きゅうよsalary
- 賞与しょうよbonus pay
- 関与するかんよするparticipate in, take part in
- 寄与するきよするcontribute
- 贈与するぞうよするdonate
- 授与するじゅよするaward [v.t.]
あたえるataeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 与えるあたえるgive
Also read あずかる, くみする, ともに, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)舁 (sound) + 牙 (sound)
Both components are phonetic. The closest version to the original is 𦥸.
Source: Wiktionary, 與 (rev. 92201474), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything begins with one. This radical is the first strike of the brush that defines the horizon, the first step of a long journey, and the very foundation of the mathematical world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ヨ
5 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 與 · yǔ
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 与. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 與.
- Simplified
- 与 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 與 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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