贈 – presents, send, give to

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1001 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 贈 means presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾウ、ソウ (zou, sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おく.る (okuru). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	おく.る	okuru

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: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 貝・目・ハ・田・日・并.

Words using 贈

贈り物おくりものpresent贈るおくるto give (as a gift)寄贈きぞうdonation

Example sentences

ジェニーは贈り物をありがとうと言った。

Jenny thanked me for the gift.

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ドロシーは彼にすばらしい贈り物を贈った。

Dorothy sent him a nice present.

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市長は彼に市の鍵を贈った。

The mayor presented him with the key to the city.

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Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

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