| 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 | 688 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq501-750
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