Onyomi: キュウ · Kunyomi: -たま.え, たま.う, たも.う · Meanings: allow, bestow on, gift, grant, salary, wage
Kanji for allow, bestow on, gift, grant, salary
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The kanji 給 combines the thread radical 糸 on the left with 合 on the right. Long ago, this image represented giving cloth or thread (糸) to someone, supplying them with what was needed. The right part, 合, shows joining or bringing things together. Together, 給 conveys the idea of providing or supplying something to another person. Over time, it came to mean “to give,” “supply,” or “provide,” especially in the context of wages or essentials being given.
給 combines the thread radical (糸) with 合, symbolizing supplying or giving something to someone — providing what is needed.
Imagine handing over thread (糸) to someone, joining it with what they have (合). That act of giving or supplying is 給.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 給 | きゅう | wage, recompense | Noun |
| 給与 | きゅうよ | pay, salary, wages | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 給食 | きゅうしょく | provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.), providing a meal, lunch service | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう | salary, wages, pay | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 給仕 | きゅうじ | waiting on a table, serving (at dinner) | JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 給料日 | きゅうりょうび | payday, pay day | Noun |
| 給う | たまう | to give | JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 給水 | きゅうすい | water supply, supplied water, water refill | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 給付 | きゅうふ | provision (of money or goods), furnishing, conferral, payment, delivery, benefit | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 給油 | きゅうゆ | refueling (a car, plane, etc.) | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |