Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

伸: expand, stretch

Also: extend, lengthen, increase

JLPT N27 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 申 gives the sound

7 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 追伸ついしんpostscript
  • 伸縮するしんしゅくするexpand and contract
  • 伸長するしんちょうするexpand, extend, elongate

のびるnobiru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 伸びるのびるstretch, extend, grow [v.i.]
  • 伸び率のびりつgrowth rate
  • 背伸びするせのびするstand on tiptoe, stretch oneself

のばすnobasu · kun'yomi

  • 伸ばすのばすlengthen, reach out [v.t.]

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 欠伸あくびyawn [n.]

Also read のべる, のす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

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申

Also built on have the honor to (申)

伸 takes the 申 family's reading, シン (shin).

Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
伸 expand · 申
vs伯 chief · 白
伸 has 申 where 伯 has 白.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shēn

Same form: 伸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
伸 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
伸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shēn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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