The kanji 奨: meaning, readings and stroke order

奨

Meaning: encourage
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 大 big, very
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 奬

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khuyến khích (tưởng)
Japanese: すすめる。はげます。
Korean: 권하다, 장려하다 (장)
Chinese: 鼓励、奖励 (奖)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

奨しょう学がく金きん
scholarship
奨しょう学がく金きんをもらって学びます。
He studies with the help of a scholarship.

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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.