励

See also: 勵

励 U+52B1, 励 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B1 ← 劰 [U+52B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 劲 → [U+52B2]

Translingual

Han character

励 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一尸大尸 (MSKS), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰厉力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 147, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2326
• Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 368, character 4
• Unihan data for U+52B1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 勵 (厲 → 厉).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 励 – see 勵 (“to encourage; to strive; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 勵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	励
Kyūjitai	勵

Kanji

励

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勵)

1. encourage
2. inspire

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
• Kun: はげむ (hagemu, 励む, Jōyō); はげます (hagemasu, 励ます, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

励 • (ryeo) (hangeul 려, revised ryeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ)

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