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贈 — Presents

JLPT N218 strokesSecondary school#1001 most used
presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something
On’yomiゾウ (zou)
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiおく (okuru)

Stroke order (18 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 贈

WordReadingMeaning
贈るおくる
okuru
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer
贈賄ぞうわい
zouwai
giving a bribe; bribery
贈呈ぞうてい
zoutei
presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
贈り物おくりもの
okurimono
present; gift
贈与ぞうよ
zouyo
donation; presentation
贈答ぞうとう
zoutou
exchange of presents

Study notes

贈 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1001 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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