奨
奨 — Exhort
exhort, urge, encourage
On’yomiショウ (shou)
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiすすめる (susumeru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 奨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奨励 | しょうれい shourei | encouragement; promotion; inducement |
| 奨学金 | しょうがくきん shougakukin | scholarship; stipend; bursary |
| 奨学 | しょうがく shougaku | encouragement to study |
| 推奨 | すいしょう suishou | recommendation; endorsement |
| 勧奨 | かんしょう kanshou | encouragement; stimulation |
| 選奨 | せんしょう senshou | recommendation |
Study notes
奨 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1445 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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