Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

775 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive

Kunyomi: うけたまわ.る う.ける

Onyomi: ショウ ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

諾する(しょうだくする)   consent, accept, be informed

知する(しょうちする)   agree, consent

認する(しょうにんする)   approve

する(けいしょうする)   inherit

(でんしょう)   oral tradition (e.g. folklore)

る(うけたまわる)   hear, take (an order) [hum.]

Onyomi Examples

ショウ second line of a four-line Chinese poem

ショウダク consent, approval, acceptance, agreement, compliance

デンショウ handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission

エイショウ Eishō era (1046.4.14-1053.1.11)

ショウアン Shōan era (1171.4.21-1175.7.28), Jōan era

ショウオウ Shōō era (1652.9.18-1655.4.13), Jōō era

Kunyomi Examples

うけたまわる to hear, to be told, to know, to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)

受ける うける to receive, to get, to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well