| Kanji | 奨 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ショウ、ソウ | 
| Kunyomi | すす.める | 
| Nanori | まさし | 
| English | exhort, urge, encourage | 
| Examples | 奨励(しょうれい): encouragement; promotion; message; address; inducement; incitement; stimulation 奨学金(しょうがくきん): (1) scholarship; stipend; bursary (2) student loan | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 1445 | 
| Components | 将: leader; commander; general; admiral; or; and again; soon; from now on; just about 大: large; big | 
| Number of Strokes | 13 | 
| Kanji Radical | 大 | 
| Radical Number | 37 | 
| Radical Strokes | 3 | 
| Radical Reading | だい・おおきい | 
| Traditional Form | 奬 | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | exhort | 
| Koohii Story 1 | It´s easy to picture a LEADER that uses a BIG dog to EXHORT his people to do more. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Here we have a St.Bernard exhorting the vulture to become the leader in the race against the turtle, but he can´t because of the glue. see leader (#731). | 
| RTK Index (new) | 790 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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