8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4

escort, send

Kun'yomi
  • to send ②to see (someone) off ③to bid farewell to (the departed) ④to spend (time)
On'yomi
  • ソウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

おく 65.8%
ソウ 34.2%

Character Breakdown

escort, send
おく.る ソウ (3rd, N4)
walking radical(⻌) variant
しんにょう
frontier pass, close, relation
to divide
heavens, sky, imperial
テン あま- あも (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

to send ②to see (someone) off ③to bid farewell to (the departed) ④to spend (time)
transfer (of a call, patient, etc.) ②transfer (of data)
seeing off ②funeral ③escapement
to see (someone) off ②to watch (someone or something) go out of sight ③to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by ④to postpone
seeing (someone) off ②deferment ③letting a pitch go by ④wait-and-see attitude
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References

Unicode hex code 9001
JIS X 0208 1-33-87
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4683
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Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2035
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2q6.9
Four corner code 3830.3
De Roo Code 963