Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: give, bestow, perform, alms

Kunyomi: ほどこ.す

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: square

Examples

Onyomi Examples

セコウ construction, constructing, carrying out, work, formation, workmanship, execution

シコウ putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution

シコウ putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution

セコウ construction, constructing, carrying out, work, formation, workmanship, execution

フセ alms-giving, charity, offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

仕着せ シキセ servant's clothes provided by an employer, livery

Kunyomi Examples

ほどこす to give (time, money, goods), to donate, to do, to perform, to conduct, to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation), to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle, to spread far and wide