給 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- キュウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- supply, provide, salary
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 糸 (thread) gives the meaning and 合 the sound; to join and add threads together, hence to supply or give.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| キュウ | 給水・配給・月給 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 給食きゅうしょく
school lunch
- 給料きゅうりょう
salary, wages
Example
今日の給食はカレーでした。
Today's school lunch was curry.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)