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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, ブ

Composition: 𡗗 丨

奉

Radical

Radical: 大

Meaning: big, very

Reading: だい

Frequency: 132

大

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

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

食俸 (ショクホウ) stipend (usu. paid in kind), salary

奉行 (ブギョウ) magistrate, shogunate administrator

奉行所 (ブギョウショ) magistrate's office

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

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

Kunyomi Examples

奉る (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

奉る (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

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

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