漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
励: encourage, be diligent
Also: inspire
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
力 carries the meaning · 厂 and 万 are drawn in
7 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
レイrei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 奨励しょうれいencouragement; promotion; inducement
- 激励げきれいencouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
はげむhagemu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 励みはげみencouragement; incentive; stimulus
- 励むはげむto work hard; to try hard; to strive
はげますhagemasu · kun'yomi
- 励ましはげましencouragement; cheering on
- 励ますはげますto encourage; to cheer on
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
万
Also built on ten thousand (万)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side励 encourage · 力
vs栃 horse chestnut · 木In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 勵 · lì
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 励. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 勵.
- Simplified
- 励 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 勵 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lì 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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