Keyword
donate
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1742
Old form獻
Readings
けん
(89%)
こん
(9%)
Composed of
south
dog
Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
literature; books (reference); document
presenting (to)
devoted; self-sacrificing
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
donation; contribution; offering
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
table for memorial flowers; table for laying flowers (after someone's death)
blood donation
contribution to society
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
suggestion; proposal
works cited; references
to present; to offer; to dedicate
political donation; political contribution
international contribution; contributing to the wider world
body donation; (arch.) becoming naked
offering; presentation; donation
menu; list of meals (e.g. for the week)
presentation; dedication
offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
toast (to someone; esp. the deceased at a post-ceremony meal); drinking to someone's health (or memory)
to present; to offer; to dedicate
complimentary copy of a book
gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
illegal donation; secret contribution
reference materials; references; bibliographical sources; written materials; documents
exchange of sake cups
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
dedication (e.g. at the front of a book); dedicatory message
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
dedication; presentation; consecration; offer (to a shrine)
offering (to a shogun, emperor, daimyo, kami or Buddha)
amount of a donation
tea offering to the gods
votive lantern in a shrine or temple
person who bought and resold surplus gifts given to daimyo or samurai (Edo period)
mobile van where blood is collected from donors; bloodmobile
illegal donation; secret contribution
toast (to someone; esp. the deceased at a post-ceremony meal); drinking to someone's health (or memory)
poem offering
donation; contribution; an offering
offering a gift (to a superior)
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine
donor; contributor
contribution or donation box
presentation book
food offering to the gods
offering a drink
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
donating lumber to a shrine
left-overs from gifts received by samurai or feudal lords (Edo period)
dedicatory ceremony
offertory; offertory music
contribution margin; marginal income
patronym; scientific name in honor of a person or persons
winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism; (lit.) presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers
items offered to deities (Jōmon period)
contributor; tributary (person)
(giving a) small present; trifling gift; pledging loyalty to one's lord
high-quality confectionary made using white sugar (Muromachi period)
degree of contribution
Examples (42 in total)
I don't think I contributed much.
I wonder if I was able to contribute a little.
It seems I was able to contribute.