Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1624 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: observance, offer, present, dedicate

Kunyomi: たてまつ.る まつ.る ほう.ずる

Onyomi: ホウ

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: big, very

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ホウシ service, ministry, attendance, church work, offering goods at a reduced price, providing a service for free

ホウコウ live-in domestic service, live-in apprenticeship, public duty, public service

ブギョウ magistrate, shogunate administrator

行所 ブギョウショ magistrate's office

グブ accompanying, being in attendance on, inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

内供 ナイグブ inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

Kunyomi Examples

たてまつる to offer, to present, to set someone up in a high position, to revere at a distance, to do respectfully

たてまつる to offer, to present, to set someone up in a high position, to revere at a distance, to do respectfully

ずる ほうずる to present, to dedicate, to obey, to follow, to believe in, to serve, to proudly bear