漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
奨: exhort, urge
Also: encourage
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
大 carries the meaning · 将 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 奨学金しょうがくきんscholarship
- 奨学生しょうがくせいscholarship student
- 報奨金ほうしょうきんcash bonus, reward
- 奨励するしょうれいするencourage, promote
- 奨励しょうれいencouragement; promotion; inducement
- 奨学しょうがくencouragement to study
- 推奨すいしょうrecommendation; endorsement
- 選奨せんしょうrecommendation
Also read ソウ, すすめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stretch out wide! This radical represents anything that is grand, important, or massive in scale.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 奖 · traditional 奬 · jiǎng
Three different forms: Japanese 奨, simplified 奖, traditional 奬.
- Simplified
- 奖 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 奬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiǎng 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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