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励

Encourage
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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Kun readingはげ.む、はげ.ます
JōyōGrade 8Level 26

Verbs with «励»

励ます励む奨励する
  1. to work hard
  2. to try hard
  3. to strive
  4. to endeavour
  5. to endeavor

Popular Usage

激励

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Wimbledon · cliff (厂) · ten thousand · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 931

Compound words

励ますはげます
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
激励げきれい
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
奨励しょうれい
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
励みはげみ
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
励むはげむ
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor
励ましはげまし
encouragement; cheering on
精励せいれい
diligence
督励とくれい
encouragement
勉励べんれい
diligence
励起れいき
(electrical) excitation
奨励金しょうれいきん
subsidy
鼓舞激励こぶげきれい
encouragement
刻苦勉励こっくべんれい
being arduous
叱咤激励しったげきれい
giving a loud pep talk
精励恪勤せいれいかっきん
assiduousness
努力奮励どりょくふんれい
making strenuous efforts
奮励努力ふんれいどりょく
making strenuous efforts
励声叱咤れいせいしった
cries of encouragement
励声𠮟咤れいせいしった
cries of encouragement
𠮟咤激励しったげきれい
giving a loud pep talk
𠮟咜激励しったげきれい
giving a loud pep talk
奨励するしょうれいする
to encourage

Additional Examples

彼は勉強に励んでいる。
He is diligent in his study.tatoeba
彼は大学時代の教授に励まされた。
He was encouraged by a professor from his college days.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Encourage. 厂 + 万 + 力 (effort) — putting in every effort. 励ます — cheer on.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 励

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