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揚
JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1316

Meanings

Raise, Elevate, Hoist, Praise, Extol, Fry In Deep Fat

Radicals

ζ‰Œ

Decomposition

βΏ°ζ‰Œζ˜œ

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 hook right-to-left
3 rising bottom-to-top
4 vertical right-to-left
5 corner right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
10 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ヨウ you
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
あ a

Words Using This Kanji

129 words total
Other (20 words)
η²Ύι€²ζšγ’ γ—γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ‚“γ‚γ’

vegetable tempura

εΈ―ζšγ’ γŠγ³γ‚γ’

obi sash

γ•γ€γΎζšγ’ さ぀まあげ

satsuma-age

εΌ•ζšθ€… ひきあげしゃ

returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII)

歒揚 γ—γ‚ˆγ†

sublation

ζšγ’ζˆΈ あげど

push-up door

ζšγ’θΆ³ε–γ‚Š γ‚γ’γ‚γ—γ¨γ‚Š

faultfinding

ζšγ€… γ‚ˆγ†γ‚ˆγ†

triumphant

ζšγ’ε‡Ίγ— あげだし

lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)

ζšγ’ζ²Ή あげあぢら

cooking oil

ζšγ’θΆ… あげけょう

excess of withdrawals over deposits

揚羽蝢 をゲハチョウ

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

揚巻 あげまき

ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear

ζšγ’θΆ³ あげあし

raised leg

ζšι™Έθ‰¦θ‰‡ γ‚ˆγ†γ‚Šγγ‹γ‚“γ¦γ„

landing ship

ζšγ’ηŽ‰ あげだま

bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura

ζšε±‹ あげや

high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

θ‰²ζšγ’ いろあげ

redyeing

η”Ÿζšγ’ γͺまあげ

deep-fried bean curd

θ·ζšγ’ にあげ

unloading