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送

送 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声（OC/*[s]ˤoŋ-s/）。「辵」+声符「灷」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

escort, send

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウElem.
Kun (native)
  • おく(る)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音song4
  • 한글song
  • Hán-ViệtTống

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+9001

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶关

Words using this kanji

  • 送るおくるto send, to dispatch, to forward, to transmit
  • 送りおくりseeing off, sending off, funeral, escapement
  • 送金そうきん何らかの方法により金銭をこと。また、その金銭。remittance, sending money, transferring money
  • 送料そうりょう配送にかかる料金。postage, carriage, shipping charge
  • 送球そうきゅう野球において他の選手にボールを送ること。 ハンドボールの漢字表記。throw, pass (in basketball, etc.), handball
  • 送還そうかん本国などへ送り返すこと。sending home, repatriation, deportation
  • 送信そうしん信号を送ること。 手紙を送ること。transmission, sending
  • 送電そうでん発電所から変電所まで電力を輸送すること。高電圧の送電線によって行う。transmission of electricity, electricity supply, power supply
  • 送付そうふ品物や書類を送り届けること。sending, forwarding, remitting
  • 送り先おくりさきdestination, recipient, addressee
  • 送迎そうげい別の場所へ送ったり迎えに行くこと。seeing off and meeting on return
  • 送り込むおくりこむto send in
  • 送検そうけん司法機関から被疑者の身柄や証拠物を検察官へ送致すること。committing a suspect to trial, referring a case to a public prosecutor
  • 送り出しおくりだしpushing (propelling) (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
  • 送別そうべつ別れる人を見送ること。farewell, send-off
  • 送り返すおくりかえすto send back
  • 送別会そうべつかい学校や組織などから卒業や転出などをする者を送別するために行われるイベント。farewell party
  • 送り仮名おくりがなkana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word, declensional kana ending
  • 送受そうじゅ送信と受信。sending and receiving, transception, to transceive, to send and receive
  • 送り手おくりてsender

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-6
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3830.3
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2q6.9
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2172
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4683