漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
及: reach out, exert
Also: exercise, cause
JLPT N13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
丿 carries the meaning · 又 is drawn in
3 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 普及ふきゅうdiffusion; spread; popularization
- 追及ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt)
- 言及げんきゅうreference; allusion
- 波及はきゅうspread; extension; influence
およぶoyobu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 及ぶおよぶto reach; to amount to; to befall
およびoyobi · kun'yomi
- 及びおよびand; as well as
およぼすoyobosu · kun'yomi
- 及ぼすおよぼすto exert (influence); to exercise
Also read および, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)人 person + 又 hand
A hand grabbing a person.
Source: Wiktionary, 及 (rev. 93427936), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Sweep across the top! This radical is like a tilted lid or a gust of wind blowing over the rest of the character.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
及 gives its sound to
The family reading is キュウ (kyuu). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jí
Same form: 及 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 及 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 及 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jí 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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