給 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- キュウきゅう · kyū
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- supply, provide, salary
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 糸 (thread) gives the meaning and 合 the sound; to join and add threads together, hence to supply or give.
Readings and examples
| Onキュウきゅうkyū | 給水きゅうすい配給はいきゅう月給げっきゅう |
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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
- 供給きょうきゅう
- 俸給ほうきゅう
- 給水栓きゅうすいせん
- 贍給せんきゅう
Example
今日の給食はカレーでした。
Today's school lunch was curry.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)