Question

贈 おく.る 贈物(おくりもの): present; gift贈る(おくる): to send; to give to; to award to; to confer on寄贈(きぞう): donation; presentation; gift S 貝: shellfish曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 貝 7 贈 presents Imagine if the number of presents you get increases with each birthday. So on your first birthday, you receive just one shell as a present, but the next year it increases to two shells as presents, and so on, increasing and increasing so by the time you´re elderly, the number of shells you´ll get as presents will have increased to an awful lot of presents. GOT IT YET? PRESENTS = SHELLS + INCREASE.

Accepted Answer

ゾウ、ソウ presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something 2 1001 18 154 かい・かいへん・こがい 形声 Phonetic Presents represent money that was formerly yours.

Kanji	贈
Onyomi	ゾウ、ソウ
Kunyomi	おく.る
English	presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something
Examples	贈物(おくりもの): present; gift 贈る(おくる): to send; to give to; to award to; to confer on 寄贈(きぞう): donation; presentation; gift
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1001
Components	貝: shellfish 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex-
Number of Strokes	18
Kanji Radical	貝
Radical Number	154
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	かい・かいへん・こがい
Traditional Form	贈
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	presents
Koohii Story 1	Presents represent money that was formerly yours.
Koohii Story 2	Imagine if the number of presents you get increases with each birthday. So on your first birthday, you receive just one shell as a present, but the next year it increases to two shells as presents, and so on, increasing and increasing so by the time you´re elderly, the number of shells you´ll get as presents will have increased to an awful lot of presents. GOT IT YET? PRESENTS = SHELLS + INCREASE.

Presents Shells 贈 Give Award Confer Gift Number