奨 – exhort, urge, encourage

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1445 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 奨 means exhort, urge, encourage. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ、ソウ (shou, sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すす.める (susumeru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	すす.める	susumeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 寸・大・爪・爿.

Words using 奨

奨学金しょうがくきんscholarship奨励しょうれいencouragement

Example sentences

彼はその奨学金に応募した。

He applied for the scholarship.

Tatoeba #112663

人々はフットボールをするように奨励さえされたのです。

People were even encouraged to play football.

Tatoeba #144136

Kanji with the same radical

大夫失天太央契奪奥奏奇奮奉奢

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