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Information Sheet for Kanji: 給 (Page 1/3)
English:
salary
wage
gift
allow
grant
bestow on
On-Yomi:
キュウ
Kun-Yomi:
たま.う
たも.う
-たま.え
きい
Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread
Henshall Mnemonic: supply joined threads
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #615 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
給料 [きゅうりょう] [K]
(n) salary; wages [D] [Jisho]
供給 [きょうきゅう] [K]
(n,vs) supply; provision [D] [Jisho]
支給 [しきゅう] [K]
(n,vs) provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
[D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
給与 [きゅうよ] [K]
(n,vs) allowance; grant; supply
月給 [げっきゅう] [K]
(n) monthly salary [D] [Jisho]
[D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
給食 [きゅうしょく] [K]
(n,vs) school lunch; providing a meal [D] [Jisho]
配給 [はいきゅう] [K]
(n,vs) distribution (e.g. films, rice) [D] [Jisho]
補給 [ほきゅう] [K]
(n) supply; supplying; replenishment [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
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恩給 [おんきゅう] [K]
(n) pension [D] [Jisho]
給 [きゅう] [K]
(n-suf) wage; gift [D] [Jisho]
給水 [きゅうすい] [K]
(n) water supply [D] [Jisho]
給付 [きゅうふ] [K]
(n,vs) (1) payment; provision; benefit; present; delivery; (2) performance
給油 [きゅうゆ] [K]
(n) supply of oil [D] [Jisho]
給油所 [きゅうゆじょ] [K]
petrol filling station [D] [Jisho]
減給 [げんきゅう] [K]
(n,vs) pay cut; salary cut [D] [Jisho]
高給 [こうきゅう] [K]
(n) high salary [D] [Jisho]
時給 [じきゅう] [K]
(n) hourly pay; hourly wage [D] [Jisho]
自給 [じきゅう] [K]
(n) self-support [D] [Jisho]
受給 [じゅきゅう] [K]
(n,vs) receiving payments (pension, ration) [D] [Jisho]
需給 [じゅきゅう] [K]
(n) supply and demand [D] [Jisho]
初任給 [しょにんきゅう] [K]
(n) initial salary [D] [Jisho]
昇給 [しょうきゅう] [K]
(n,vs) salary raise [D] [Jisho]
日給 [にっきゅう] [K]
(n) daily wages [D] [Jisho]
発給 [はっきゅう] [K]
(n) issuance [D] [Jisho]
俸給 [ほうきゅう] [K]
(n) salary; pay [D] [Jisho]
無給 [むきゅう] [K]
(n) unpaid; nonsalaried [D] [Jisho]
有給 [ゆうきゅう] [K]
(adj-no,n) salaried; with pay [D] [Jisho]
[D] [Jisho]
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Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the
property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in
conformance with the Group's license.
NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some
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missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG
project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is
based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s
JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by
Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and
codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.
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