Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

544 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: reach out, exert, exercise, cause

Kunyomi: およ.ぶ およ.び および およ.ぼす

Onyomi: キュウ

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: right hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キュウダイ passing (an examination), making the grade

第者 キュウダイシャ successful examinee

ハキュウ spread, extension, influence, aftereffect, ripple

責任追 セキニンツイキュウ pursuing liability, finding out who is at fault, trying to pin the blame on someone

Kunyomi Examples

およぶ to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until), to be up to the task, to come up to, to compare with, to be a match (for), to commit (a crime), to require (to do)

および and, as well as

び腰 およびごし bent back, indecisive attitude, timidity, lack of nerve

および and, as well as

び腰 およびごし bent back, indecisive attitude, timidity, lack of nerve

ぼす およぼす to exert (influence), to exercise, to cause (e.g. damage), to do (e.g. harm), to bring about (e.g. benefits), to extend, to have an effect (on)