贈る

おくる · okuru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to present

🎁 okuru sounds like Oh, crew! as you hand your team their awards

The kanji 贈 holds 貝, the shell radical once used for money and valuables, so it means giving something of worth. It sounds the same as 送る (okuru, to send). 贈る is for gifts and honours, like 賞を贈る, to award a prize.

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