Readings

Kana: レイ、はげ.む、はげ.ます
Romaji: rei, hage.mu, hage.masu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

encourage, be diligent, inspire

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  1254
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-5-2
Korean Reading:  ryeo
Chinese Reading:  li4
Unicode:  52b1
JIS:  4E65

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1119
Nelson Index: 193
New Nelson Index: 528
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2g5.4
Four Corner Index: 7422.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1919
Gakken Index: 1227
Japanese Names Index: 430
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2326
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0380
Remembering the kanji Index: 866
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1101
Kodansha Compact Index: 213
Kanji in Context Index: 832
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 762
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1035
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 875
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 931
Essential Kanji Index: 1495
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1438
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3345
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1100

Words

奨励 (しょうれい)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
励ます (はげます)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
励起 (れいき)
(electrical) excitation
励磁 (れいじ)
excitation
励み合い (はげみあい)
competition; emulation; rivalry
励む (はげむ)
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
激励 (げきれい)
encouragement
警覚策励 (けいかくさくれい)
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter)
励み (はげみ)
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
励み合う (はげみあう)
to vie with another; to emulate each other
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