Kanji Detail for 獎 - "encourage, praise, help"

獎

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
獎 means "encourage, praise, help."
1. Encourage - To urge; to exhort.
2. Praise - To commend.
3. Help - To assist.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

prize; reward; give award to

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

prize, reward; give award to

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

prize, reward; to award

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To praise and help accomplish. Commonly written as 獎.
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)

soh(そう)
Kunyomi

susu.meru(すすめる)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

犬犭 (inu・kemonohen)
Related Keywords
encourage urge exhort praise commend help assist