給
salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
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
24 of 231- 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
Study
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.