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Kanji Detail for 与 - "to give"

与

  • Meaning

    与 means "to give." Also associated with to be involved, together.

    1. To give - To bestow.

    2. To participate - To join forces; to become a member; to side with.

    3. Together - Jointly; in company.

    4. And - Indicating parallel items.

    5. With - Indicating the object of an action.

    6. Than - Indicating comparison.

    7. To be involved - To participate; to be related; to engage.

    8. Question - Indicating doubt.

    9. Rhetorical - Indicating rhetorical question.

    10. Exclamation - Expressing admiration.

  • Words using 与

    • 与党 よとう Listen ruling party; government party; party in power
    • 与野党 よやとう Listen ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power
    • 供与 きょうよ Listen giving; provision; furnishing
    • 給与 きゅうよ Listen pay; salary; wages
    • 投与 とうよ Listen administration (of medicine); giving medication
    • 参与 さんよ Listen participation; taking part; consultant
    • 賞与 しょうよ Listen bonus; reward; prize
    • 贈与 ぞうよ Listen donation; presentation

  • Four-character idioms with 与

    • 生殺与奪 せいさつよだつ Listen (having) life-and-death power (over)
    • 抜苦与楽 ばっくよらく Listen a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace

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    • Verified meaning: to give
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あい, あたう, あたえ, あと)
    • Also carries these associations: to be involved, together

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 与

    Given names 与(あい)Listen 与(あたう)Listen 与(あたえ)Listen 与(あと)Listen 与(あとう)Listen 与(あとお)Listen 与(くみ)Listen 与(そうよ)Listen 与(たかし)Listen

    Surnames 与(すえ)Listen 与(とも)Listen 与(よかつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    and; with; to; for; give, grant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 歟|欤[yu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    and; with; to; for; to give, to grant

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yo(ヨ) ヨ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ata.eru(あた-える) あた-える

    azuka.ru(あず-かる) あず-かる

    kumi.suru(くみ-する) くみ-する

    tomoni(とも-に) とも-に

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    一 (ichi)

  • Related Keywords

    to give to be involved together and with than bestow confer contribute deliver donate grant hand over impart present provide participate

Sentences including 与

  • Her words gave me hope.

  • I've nothing to give.

  • I not only gave him some advice , i gave him some money.

  • It is better to give than to take.

  • Tom was given an important post by him.

  • Ask , and it shall be given you.

  • I gave them clothing and some food.

  • Give the devil his due.

  • Don't give him more money than is necessary.

  • She finished her exercises in the given time.

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