The kanji 与: meaning, readings and stroke order

与

Meaning: give
On reading: ヨ yo
Kun reading: あた（える） ataeru
Strokes: 3
Radical: 一 one
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 與

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cho, trao (dữ)
Japanese: あたえる。
Korean: 주다 (여)
Chinese: 给予

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨ yo · on reading · less common

授じゅ与よ
awarding, presenting
校長先生が賞を 授じゅ与よします。
The principal hands out the prizes.

あた（える） ataeru · kun reading

与あたえる
to give
金魚にえさを 与あたえます。
I feed my goldfish.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.