鼓励 gǔlì encourage

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Traditional: 鼓勵

Stroke order

鼓励 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

鼓励 — the Chinese character for encourage (gǔlì), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 鼓励 — encourage

鼓 — 13 strokes
励 — 7 strokes

Characters in 鼓励

鼓 gǔ — drum; to drum; to strike
励 lì — to encourage; to urge

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

老师鼓励我继续学习。Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒ jìxù xuéxí.The teacher encouraged me to keep studying.
他的话鼓励了大家。Tā de huà gǔlì le dàjiā.His words encouraged everyone.

Related words

鼓励 is pronounced gǔlì and means “encourage”.

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