The kanji 贈: meaning, readings and stroke order
贈
- Meaning
- give, present
- On reading
- ゾウ zou、ソウ* sou
- Kun reading
- おく(る) okuru
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 貝 shell
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 贈
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tặng
- Japanese
- おくる。プレゼント する。
- Korean
- 주다, 선물하다 (증)
- Chinese
- 赠送 (赠)
Readings, words and example sentences
ゾウ zou · on reading · less common
贈答
giving gifts (to each other)
贈答の 品を えらびます。
I choose a gift to give.
おく(る) okuru · kun reading
贈る
to give (as a present)
先生に 花を 贈ります。
We give flowers to our teacher.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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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.