Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something
Kun:
おく.る
On:
ゾウソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1001 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 贈答 【ゾウトウ】 exchange of presents
  • 贈呈 【ゾウテイ】 presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
  • 遺贈 【イゾウ】 bequest, legacy
  • 恵贈 【ケイゾウ】 presenting (a gift, etc.), giving, bestowing

Kun reading compounds

  • 贈る 【おくる】 to give (as a gift), to present, to confer, to bestow, to award

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zeng4
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • otorgar
  • regalar
  • ofrecer

Portuguese

  • presentes
  • enviar
  • dar
  • premiar
  • conferir a
  • apresentar alguma coisa

French

  • cadeau
  • envoyer
  • offrir
  • donner
  • accorder
  • conférer
  • remise (prix)
1533 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
894 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4525 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1349 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
932 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1364 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1451 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1224 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1750 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2064 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
515 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36920P Morohashi
1634 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5827 New Nelson (John Haig)
503 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1907 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3978 2001 Kanji
7b11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
6886.6 Four corner code
1-34-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8d08 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Kun:
-な
On:
メイミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 名 【メイ】 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such), first name, famous, great, name, noun
  • 名画 【メイガ】 famous picture, masterpiece (painting), excellent film, film classic
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
  • 芸名 【ゲイメイ】 stage name
  • 名目 【メイモク】 name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
  • 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
  • 仮名 【カメイ】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym

Kun reading compounds

  • 名 【な】 name, given name, title, fame, renown, reputation, pretext, pretense, justification, appearance
  • 名残 【なごり】 remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end
  • 仮名 【かめい】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 片仮名 【かたかな】 katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • nombre
  • célebre
  • distinguido
  • reputación

Portuguese

  • nome
  • fama
  • distinção
  • reputação

French

  • nom
  • célèbre
  • fameux
  • réputation
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
55 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
71 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
116 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
131 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
82 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
285 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
113 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3297 Morohashi
2169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716 New Nelson (John Haig)
112 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
140 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
53 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2577 2001 Kanji
3d3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2760.0 Four corner code
1-44-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540d Unicode hex code