及 — reach out, exert, exercise

およぶ及 reach out

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 3 strokes

U+53CA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #544 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #743 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

reach out
exert
exercise
cause

word

およ oyo 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).

及(およ) ぶ oyobu to reach 及(およ) び oyobi and 及(およ) ぼす oyobosu to exert

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

普(ふ) 及(きゅう) fukyuu spread 言(げん) 及(きゅう) genkyuu reference 追(つい) 及(きゅう) tsuikyuu investigation 波(は) 及(きゅう) hakyuu spreading

Appears in idioms

波及効果四字熟語

waves, reach out, merit, fruit

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

丿 slash

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Used as component in (3)

きゅう級 class すう吸 suck あつかう扱 handle

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