| Kanji | 及 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | キュウ | 
| Kunyomi | およ.ぶ、およ.び、および、およ.ぼす | 
| Nanori | おい, の | 
| English | reach out, exert, exercise, cause | 
| Examples | 普及(ふきゅう): diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization 追及(ついきゅう): (1) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down (2) catching up; overtaking 及ぶ(およぶ): (1) to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend (2) to be up to the task; to come up to (3) to compare with; to be a match (for) (4) to commit (a crime) (5) to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative) 及ぼす(およぼす): to exert; to cause; to exercise 及び(および): and; as well as | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 544 | 
| Components | 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand | 
| Number of Strokes | 3 | 
| Kanji Radical | 又 | 
| Radical Number | 29 | 
| Radical Strokes | 2 | 
| Radical Reading | また | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | reach out | 
| Koohii Story 1 | I like to think of this as a fist with with brass knuckles because of the extra line. An old school thug reaches out to help you up but then with his other hand ( with the brass knuckles) punches you. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Reach out and fist someone (Do you see the person primitive?). | 
| RTK Index (new) | 743 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq501-750
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