施 — give, bestow, perform

ほどこす施 give

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+65BD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #323 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1124 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

give
bestow
perform
alms

word

ほどこ hodoko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

施(ほどこ) す hodokosu to give

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

施(し) 設(せつ) shisetsu facility 実(じっ) 施(し) jisshi implementation 施(し) 行(こう) shikou enforcement 施(し) 策(さく) shisaku policy

せ se On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

施(せ) 工(こう) sekou construction

Appears in idioms

手の施しようがない慣用句

no way to apply a hand's treatment

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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也 to be

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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