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Kotomora

給

salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • キュウ

Kun'yomi

  • たま.う
  • たも.う
  • -たま.え

Nanori

  • きい

Meaning

給 centers on providing something to someone: giving a salary or wage, granting a gift, or bestowing an allowance. The underlying idea is a transfer of resources from one party to another.

Most common words using 給

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  • 給料きゅうりょう
    N4

    salary; wages; pay

  • 供給きょうきゅう
    N3

    supply; provision

  • 補給ほきゅう
    N2

    supply; supplying; replenishment

  • 時給じきゅう
    N3

    hourly pay; hourly wage

  • 支給しきゅう
    N2

    provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

  • 給与きゅうよ
    N2

    pay; salary; wages

  • 給食きゅうしょく
    N3

    provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service

  • 給付きゅうふ

    provision (of money or goods); furnishing; conferral; payment; delivery; benefit

  • 有給ゆうきゅう

    salaried; paid; with pay

  • 受給じゅきゅう
    N1

    receiving payments (pension, ration)

  • 給油きゅうゆ

    refueling (a car, plane, etc.)

  • 配給はいきゅう
    N1

    distribution (e.g. films, rice)

  • 月給げっきゅう
    N2

    monthly salary

  • 給水きゅうすい

    water supply; supplied water; water refill

  • 日給にっきゅう
    N1

    daily wages

  • 昇給しょうきゅう

    salary raise

  • 自給じきゅう

    self-support

  • 需給じゅきゅう

    supply and demand

  • 高給こうきゅう

    high salary

  • 無給むきゅう

    unpaid; nonsalaried

  • 発給はっきゅう
    N1

    issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing

  • 減給げんきゅう

    pay cut; salary cut

  • 恩給おんきゅう

    pension (esp. public servant's)

  • 俸給ほうきゅう

    salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

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Etymology

給 combines 糸 (thread) with 合 (join, fit), suggesting the idea of joining threads or supplying what is needed. The modern meanings of salary, gift, and granting likely developed from the concept of providing or supplying.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 糸 represents thread, and the right side 合 means to join or fit. Picture joining threads together to create a gift, or weaving a salary from the threads of work.

Reading mnemonic

For キュウ, imagine a queue of people waiting to receive their salary: queue -> キュウ, and each person is granted their wages.