褒
praise; extol
15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2073.
Readings
- ほめる (kun reading): 褒める (ほめる) to praise; 褒め言葉 (ほめことば) words of praise
- ホウ (on reading): 褒美 (ほうび) reward; 藍綬褒章 (らんじゅほうしょう) Medal with Blue Ribbon
Components
- 衣
- 保
- 亠 radical lid
- ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
- 口 radical mouth
- 小 radical small
- 衣 radical clothes
Words using 褒
- 褒める (ほめる) to praise
- 褒め言葉 (ほめことば) words of praise
- 褒め称える (ほめたたえる) to praise highly
- 褒めちぎる (ほめちぎる) to praise (to the skies)
- ベタ褒め (ベタぼめ) high praise
- 褒美 (ほうび) reward
- 藍綬褒章 (らんじゅほうしょう) Medal with Blue Ribbon
- 紫綬褒章 (しじゅほうしょう) Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
- 褒賞 (ほうしょう) prize
- 褒章 (ほうしょう) medal of honour
36 words in all.