奨

promote; exhort; urge; encourage

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1445.

Readings

• ショウ (on reading): 推奨 (すいしょう) recommendation; 奨学金 (しょうがくきん) scholarship
• ソウ (on reading)
• すすめる (kun reading)

Components

• 将
• 大
• 大 radical big
• 寸 radical inch; measure
• 爪 radical claw
• 爿 radical split wood, left half

Words using 奨

• 推奨 (すいしょう) recommendation
• 奨学金 (しょうがくきん) scholarship
• 奨励賞 (しょうれいしょう) encouragement award
• 奨励 (しょうれい) encouragement
• 奨学生 (しょうがくせい) scholarship student

27 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists