ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
送 means send, see off
送
送Memory trick
Waving off a traveller as they set out down the road: to send, to see off.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- escort, send
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) おくる okuru
おくる (okuru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) ソウ sou
ソウ (sou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
送る おくる · okuru
to send, to dispatch
Built from
- 一 one
- 大 large
- 辶 road, moving
- 丷 split apart
- 二 two
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大 Used in 100 kanji
See all 8 at N5 and N4辶 Used in 56 kanji
See all 8 at N5 and N4丷 Used in 140 kanji
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What does 送 mean?
Right: 送 means send, see off.Not quite: 送 means send, see off.In 送る, which reading does 送 use?
Right. 送る is read おくる (okuru): 送 takes おく, its Japanese reading, with る after it.Not quite. 送る is read おくる (okuru): 送 takes おく, its Japanese reading, with る after it.