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奨

exhort
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingショウ、ソウ
Kun readingすす.める
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. exhortRtK
    彼は奨学金を得られそうだ。He is likely to win the scholarship.tatoeba
    彼は奨学金をもらって勉強した。He studied on a scholarship.tatoeba
  2. urge
  3. encourage
  1. encouragement
  2. promotion
  3. inducement
  4. incitement
  5. stimulation

Popular Usage

奨学金

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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leader · turtle (龟) · claw · vulture · glue · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 790

Compound words

奨学金しょうがくきん
scholarship; stipend; bursary; grant-in-aid; student loan
勧奨かんしょう
encouragement; stimulation
奨励しょうれい
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
推奨すいしょう
recommendation; endorsement
選奨せんしょう
recommendation
奨学しょうがく
encouragement to study
報奨金ほうしょうきん
cash bonus; reward; bounty
推奨環境すいしょうかんきょう
system requirements (i.e. recommended hardware and software to run a package)
奨めすすめ
recommendation
お奨めおすすめ
recommendation
御奨めおすすめ
recommendation
奨学生しょうがくせい
scholarship student
奨励金しょうれいきん
subsidy
推奨するすいしょうする
to recommend
奨励するしょうれいする
to encourage
推奨文献目録すいしょうぶんけんもくろく
selected bibliography

Additional Examples

彼は奨学金をもらう目的で、一生懸命勉強した。
He studied hard with a view to gaining a scholarship.tatoeba
彼は教育奨学金でやって行くのは困難なことがわかった。
He found it difficult to live on his student grant.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 奨

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step