励 encourage, be diligent, inspire 7 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1254 in newspapers Readings Onレイ Kunはげ.む、はげ.ます In Chinese 励, traditional 勵 Words written with it 奨励 しょうれい encouragement N1 激励 げきれい encouragement N1 励まし はげまし encouragement 励み はげみ encouragement 励ます はげます to encourage N1 励む はげむ to work hard N1