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激励

Traditional: 激勵

jī lì

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

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jī lì · gik1 lai6 (Jyutping)

  1. to encourage
  2. to urge
  3. motivation
  4. incentive

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

激

Meaning
arouse, excite, incite; quickly
Radical
氵
Strokes
16
Components
⿰氵敫
Cangjie
EHSK
Four-corner
3814.0

励

Meaning
strive; encourage
Radical
力
Strokes
7
Components
⿰厉力
Cangjie
MSKS
Four-corner
7422.7

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