Japanese Kanji

zou

presents · send · give to

Secondary school · JLPT N2 · 18 strokes

Readings

  • ONゾウzou
  • ONソウsou
  • KUNおく.るoku

Meaning

Presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something.

Stroke order for 贈

贈 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 18 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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