Memory phrase for the character: 奨


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Meaning

encourage, praise, exhort, promote

Pronunciation

SHŌ

Explanation

Top: commander 将 (A simple bed 丬, a hand caring hand 爫 [=reaching down] and a skillful hand 寸 needs the commander), bottom: big 大

Mnemonic


 
A commander with grandeur encourages.

Radicals

bedShows a sliced tree trunk. It is used as "bed". cf. 片
grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.




 Vocabulary

奨励 しょうれい  encouragement, promotion, message, address
奨学金 しょうがくきん  scholarship


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