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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

旅: trip, travel

JLPT N410 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

方 carries the meaning · 𠂉 and 亻 are drawn in

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

リョryo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 旅行するりょこうするtravel
  • 旅券りょけんpassport
  • 旅費りょひtravel expenses
  • 旅館りょかんJapanese style hotel

たびtabi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 旅たびjourney
  • 旅先たびさきdestination
  • 旅立つたびだつbegin a trip [v.i.]
  • 旅人たびびとtraveller

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)㫃 flag + 从 two people

Brigade.

Source: Wiktionary, 旅 (rev. 93611438), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Direction (方) + multiple people (从). A group of people moving together in a single "direction" away from home—the definition of a grand journey or a trip.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read リョ

4 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lǚ

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

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

Pinyin lǚ 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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