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Is it incorrect to use the kanji for いただくif it is used as an auxiliary verb.
For example ご提供頂く is incorrect but ご提供いただく is right? Can kanji be used if いただく
is being used as a main verb?
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grammar kanji
Different between 頂くand いただく？
Basically, it is exactly as you say.

> 「頂{いただ}く」 as a verb

「先生{せんせい}から手紙{てがみ}を頂いた。」 (I received a letter from the teacher.)

> 「いただく」 as a subsidiary verb

「先生に作文{さくぶん}を読{よ}んでいただいた。」 (The teacher [kindly] read the composition for me.)

In that sentence, the verb is 「読む」 and the subsidiary verb 「いただく」.

There are, however, native speakers who write the subsidiary verb 「いただく」 using
kanji as 「頂く」 with the misbelief that the more kanji they use, the better
educated they are. They are usually corrected at work, if not while in school,
(unless their bosses do not know any better).

To know kanji, you would need to be educated, but to know when not to use
kanji, you would need to be even more educated. Some Japanese-learners become
so obsessed with kanji that they end up writing everything using kanji. Be
careful; SE is no exception. The misbelief "the more kanji the more educated"
is quite remarkable here.
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