伸 — expand, stretch, extend

のびる伸 expand

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+4F38 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #730 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1199 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

expand
stretch
extend
lengthen
increase

word

の no Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

伸(の) びる nobiru to extend 伸(の) ばす nobasu to extend 伸(の) び nobi growth

しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

伸(しん) shin stretch 追(つい) 伸(しん) tsuishin postscript

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

さる申 say humbly

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#9 人 person