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レイ/REI/    はげ.む/hage.mu/    はげ.ます/hage.masu/REI/レイ/    hage.mu/はげ.む/    hage.masu/はげ.ます/

encourage;  be diligent;  inspire

Radical: (power).   Strokes: 7画.   Elements: 斤力厂.   Variants: .   Pinyin: .   Hangul:  [ryeo].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
レイREIげきれいgekirei】encouragement
しょうれいshōrei】encouragement; promotion; message; address; inducement; incitement; stimulation
鼓舞激こぶげきれいkobugekirei】encouragement
はげhagemuはげむhagemu】to be zealous; to brace oneself; to endeavour; to endeavor; to strive; to make an effort
勉強にべんきょうにはげむbenkyōnihagemu】to work hard at one's lessons
はげますhagemasuますはげますhagemasu】to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
声をますこえをはげますkoewohagemasu】to raise one's voice
Codepoints and classification codes:
52b1Unicode
46-69JIS X 0208
1-5-2SKIP
2g5.4TKD
7422.7Four Corner
3345De Roo
Dictionary indices:
193Classic Nelson
528The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1119New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
762Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
866Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1227A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
430Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
1495Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
2326Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 380
1919A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1340Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1101Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1100Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
832Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
213Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
875Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig