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Kanji Detail for 奨 - "to encourage, to recommend"
奨
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Meaning
奨 means "to encourage, to recommend." Also associated with to promote.
Encourage - To give support and confidence.
Recommend - To suggest as worthy.
Promote - To advance; to further.
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Words using 奨
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奨励
しょうれい
encouragement; promotion; inducement
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奨学金
しょうがくきん
scholarship; stipend; bursary
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奨学
しょうがく
encouragement to study
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選奨
せんしょう
recommendation
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報奨金
ほうしょうきん
cash bonus; reward; bounty
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勧奨
かんしょう
encouragement; stimulation
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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)
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奨励
しょうれい
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Tattoo check: 奨
- Verified meaning: to encourage, to recommend
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read しょう, しょうじ, すすむ, たすく)
- Also carries these associations: to promote
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.
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Name readings of 奨
Given names 奨(しょう)
奨(すすむ)
奨(つとむ)
奨(まさし)
Surnames 奨(しょうじ)
奨(たすく)
奨(まさる)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 奨
More kanji with the radical 大 (dai)
- 大 big, greatly
- 天 sky, nature
- 太 thick
- 夫 husband, man
- 央 center, middle
- 失 to lose, mistake, to miss
- 夷 barbarian, foreigner
- 奄 to cover
- 奇 strange, mysterious
- 奈 Nara, what?
- 奉 to dedicate, to serve, to offer
- 奔 run, dash, flee
- 奎 star constellation, literature
- 奏 to play, to report
- 契 to pledge, contract
- 套 cover
- 爽 clear, refreshing
- 奥 deep, wife, depth
- 奧 deep, interior, mysterious
- 奪 to seize, to snatch, to deprive
- 奬 prize, reward, give award to
- 奮 to rouse