Kanji1 / 7
励 kanji
encourage, be diligent, inspire
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
レイ
Kun readings
はげむはげます
Variant forms
勵Words with 励
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —奨励賞encouragement award; honorable mention (award); honourable mention
- —激励会encouragement rally; pep rally; spirit rally
- —鼓舞激励encouragement
- —刻苦勉励being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships
- —励磁電流excitation current
- —励振素子driven element (antenna)
- —叱咤激励giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice
- —精励恪勤assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties
- —奮励努力making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
- —刻苦精励being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
- —努力奮励making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
- —励声一番giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment
- —励声叱咤cries of encouragement; shouting encouragement
- —生産奨励manufacturing promotion; promotion of production
- —励起状態excited state
- —警覚策励Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter)
- —激励演説speech of encouragement; pep talk
- —多光子励起multiphoton excitation
- —叱咜激励giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice