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The kanji 励: meaning, readings and stroke order
励
- Meaning
- work hard, encourage
- On reading
- レイ rei
- Kun reading
- はげ（む） hagemu、はげ（ます） hagemasu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 力 power, force
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 勵
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cố gắng, động viên (lệ)
- Japanese
- はげむ。はげます。
- Korean
- 힘쓰다, 격려하다 (려·여)
- Chinese
- 努力、鼓励
Readings, words and example sentences
レイ rei · on reading · less common
激励
encouragement, cheering on
選手に 激励の 言葉を おくります。
We send words of encouragement to the athletes.
はげ（む） hagemu · kun reading
励む
to work hard at
毎日 練習に 励みます。
I work hard at practice every day.
はげ（ます） hagemasu · kun reading
励ます
to encourage, to cheer up
友だちを 励まします。
I cheer up my friend.
Practise writing 励 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 励 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.