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乗

乗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. のる。
  2. 機会を利用する。
  3. かさねる。数値をのせる。数値をかける。
  4. （古）四頭立戦車を数える数詞。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「乘」の略体。「乘」については乘#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジョウElem.
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • の(る)Elem.
  • 〜の(り)
  • の(せる)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • のり
Other languages
  • 拼音cheng2
  • 拼音sheng4
  • 한글seung
  • Hán-ViệtThặng
  • Hán-ViệtThừa

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
丿(の)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+4E57

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻千⿱龷人

Words using this kanji

  • 乗用車じょうようしゃ乗用自動車の略称。(passenger) car, automobile
  • 乗客じょうきゃく列車、船舶、航空機などの交通機関に乗り込む客。passenger
  • 乗りのりriding, ride, spread (of paints), -seater (e.g. two-seater)
  • 乗員じょういん列車、船舶、航空機などの交通機関で、運転や乗客サービスなどを担当する職員。crew member, crewman, crew
  • 乗組員のりくみいん船舶や航空機に乗り組み、その運航などの業務に携わる人。crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.), crew member
  • 乗せるのせるのせる 参照to place on (something), to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up
  • 乗車じょうしゃ自動車・電車に乗ること。boarding (a train, bus, etc.), getting into (e.g. a taxi)
  • 乗務員じょうむいん乗務を担当する人。transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.), crew member, crewman
  • 乗り越えるのりこえるto climb over, to get over, to cross (a mountain), to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.)
  • 乗り物のりもの「のりもの」を参照。vehicle, conveyance, (means of) transport, ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.)
  • 乗馬じょうば馬に乗ること。horse riding, horseback riding, mounting a horse, mount
  • 乗っ取りのっとりtakeover (of a company, etc.), hijacking
  • 乗り換えのりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.), change, connection, switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.)
  • 乗るのるto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.), to get in, to board, to take
  • 乗降じょうこう乗り物に乗ったり、降りたりすること。getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
  • 乗り換えるのりかえる「のりかえる」の漢字表記。to transfer (trains), to change (bus, train), to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.), to switch (to a different system, method, etc.)
  • 乗り気のりきinterest, eagerness, enthusiasm
  • 乗車券じょうしゃけん旅客が鉄道やバスなどにためにその交通機関に運賃や必要な料金を、交通機関が発行する。ticket (for bus, train, etc.), passenger ticket, basic fare ticket (not valid on limited express trains without a supplemental express ticket)
  • 乗り切るのりきる「のりきる」の漢字表記。to weather (a storm, rough seas), to ride across, to sail across, to get through (adversity)
  • 乗っ取るのっとるto take possession of (forcibly), to take over (a company, account, etc.), to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.), to seize

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-9-3
Four Corner
2090.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a9.19
Heisig
1709
Nelson
223