部
Components

励 means 'encourage'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1649   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-28    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 22 words   Used in 47 words   Used in 41 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   レイ
Kun
   はげます to encourage   はげむ to strive
Variants
勵  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 励 - click the badge to download
Inspiring others, and working so diligently that one torments oneself! Our kanji spans these very different ideas, with zeal as the connection. Learn to say, “She encouraged him to write a novel,” “His success greatly encouraged me,” and “Give her a pep talk,” as well as “Instead of taking a break, he worked much harder than usual” and “Her courage during her illness is an inspiration to us all.”
Components
⿰  厉 (厲) 10,000 cliffs  力 effort  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 励 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 励 is used 46 times, read 2 ways.
Showing:
レイ : 38 words FIND ALL
し ょ う れ い 0
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
(click the word for examples and links)
はげます : 8 words FIND ALL
は げ ま す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
(click the word for examples and links)
An additional はげ.む less common words include 励 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 励
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 1919  Joy o' Kanji : 1919  Key to Kanji: - 

Cascading kanji view

励
レイ   はげます to encourage   はげむ to strive   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
厉
10,000 cliffs
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
万
マン   バン    10,000   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
勹
wrap
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
厂
cliff
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×