与える
あたえる · ataeru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan
to give
🎁 ataeru sounds like at a era: someone hands you a gift to mark a new era
The kanji 与 means to give or grant, and it also appears in 給与 (salary, money given to you). Remember a-TA-eru as handing something over: 与える is the general verb for giving or granting, including awarding things.
与 — hand 𠂇 + give/tusks 牙-like element
与 is the simplified form of 與. The traditional 與 depicts four hands cooperating to lift and pass an object, conveying the idea of giving or participating together. Over time the meaning extended to 'and' and 'with', linking parties who share or take part in something.