捧げる

ささげる · sasageru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to offer

🎁 捧 = hand radical 扌 + 奉 (offer): lift an offering up with both hands

The 扌 hand radical shows the action uses the hands, and 奉 means to present respectfully. Sasageru covers lifting up, giving, and offering, often to a superior or a deity.

捧 — hand radical 扌 + 奉 fèng (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 gives the meaning of holding, while 奉 (fèng, 'to offer with both hands') supplies the sound and reinforces the sense. Together they depict cupping or carrying something respectfully in both hands, hence 'to hold up' or 'cup in the palms.'

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