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譲 ゆず.る defer, turnover, transfer, convey 1 984 20 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic Speaking complicated words to set her head spinning, the island girl in the grass skirt says demurely "I defer (yield) to your judgment, wise one". 1528

Accepted Answer

ジョウ ゆずり 譲歩(じょうほ): concession; conciliation; compromise譲る(ゆずる): (1) to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of (2) to yield; to surrender; to concede S 言: say襄: rise; raise 言 7 讓 defer I talked to my Japanese spouse, who confirmed that this kanji does not mean "defer" as in "put off, delay". It means "defer" in the sense of "submit" or "yield".

Kanji	譲
Onyomi	ジョウ
Kunyomi	ゆず.る
Nanori	ゆずり
English	defer, turnover, transfer, convey
Examples	譲歩(じょうほ): concession; conciliation; compromise 譲る(ゆずる): (1) to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of (2) to yield; to surrender; to concede
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	984
Components	言: say 襄: rise; raise
Number of Strokes	20
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	讓
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	defer
Koohii Story 1	Speaking complicated words to set her head spinning, the island girl in the grass skirt says demurely "I defer (yield) to your judgment, wise one".
Koohii Story 2	I talked to my Japanese spouse, who confirmed that this kanji does not mean "defer" as in "put off, delay". It means "defer" in the sense of "submit" or "yield".
RTK Index	1528

Defer 譲 ジョウ ゆず.る ゆずり Turnover Transfer Convey

Defer 譲ジョウゆず.るゆずり Turnover Transfer Convey