ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
乗 means ride, get on
乗Real origin
It began as a person standing on top of a tree (木): to ride, to get on.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- ride, power, multiplication, record
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) のる noru
のる (noru) 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.
Other Japanese readings: のせる noseru
From Chinese (onyomi) ジョウ jou
ジョウ (jou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ショウ shou
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Common word
乗る のる · noru
to get on, to get in
Built from
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 一 one
- 丨 a line
- 八 eight, split apart
- 禾 grain
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禾 Used in 41 kanji
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What does 乗 mean?
Right: 乗 means ride, get on.Not quite: 乗 means ride, get on.In 乗る, which reading does 乗 use?
Right. 乗る is read のる (noru): 乗 takes の, its Japanese reading, with る after it.Not quite. 乗る is read のる (noru): 乗 takes の, its Japanese reading, with る after it.