Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1970 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: adore, respect, revere, worship

Kunyomi: あが.める

Onyomi: スウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

スウハイ worship, adoration, admiration, cult

スウコウ lofty, sublime, noble, the sublime (aesthetics)

ソンスウ reverence, veneration

Kunyomi Examples

める あがめる to revere, to respect, to worship