贈 — presents, send, give to

おくる贈 presents

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 18 strokes

U+8D08 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1001 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #542 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

presents
send
give to
award to
confer on
presenting something

word

おく oku 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).

贈(おく) る okuru to give a gift 贈(おく) り物(もの) okurimono gift

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

贈(ぞう) 与(よ) zouyo donation 寄(き) 贈(ぞう) kizou donation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

かい貝 shellfish #154

曾 formerly

そ曽 formerly

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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.

#154 貝 shell

贈 — presents, send, give to

Meanings

word

おく oku 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).

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

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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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贈 — presents, send, give to

Meanings

word

おく oku 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).

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

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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