漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
給: salary, wage
Also: gift, allow, grant, bestow on
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 合 is drawn in
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 給料きゅうりょうsalary, wages
- 月給げっきゅうmonthly salary
- 時給じきゅうhourly pay hourly wage
- 初任給しょにんきゅうinitial salary
- 給付するきゅうふするpay, provide
- 供給するきょうきゅうするsupply, provide
- 支給するしきゅうするpay, provide, grant
- 補給するほきゅうするsupply, replenish
Also read たまう, たもう, -たまえ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
合
Also built on fit (合)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side給 salary · 合
vs絡 entwine · 各In ChineseSimplified 给 · traditional, as in Japanese · gěi
Japan keeps the traditional form 給; mainland China simplifies it to 给.
- Simplified
- 给 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 給 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gěi 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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