Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

257 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: raise, plan, project, behavior, actions

Kunyomi: あ.げる あ.がる こぞ.る

Onyomi: キョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

党(きょとう)   entire party

動不審(きょどうふしん)   suspicious conduct

(せんきょ)   election

(ぼうきょ)   reckless action

(かいきょ)   brilliant achievement

に(いっきょに)   at a stroke, with a single swoop

手する(きょしゅする)   raise one's hand

する(けんきょする)   arrest [v.t.]

げる(あげる)   raise, give, arrest [v.t.]

げ句の果て(あげくのはて)   on top of all that

がる(あがる)   rise, prosper, come up [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

キョ action, behavior, behaviour, move, recommendation (of a person for a position)

キョシキ holding a ceremony, wedding ceremony

ボウキョ violence, reckless action, (an) outrage

カイキョ brilliant achievement, spectacular feat, splendid accomplishment, remarkable deed

Kunyomi Examples

上げる あげる to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...

上がる あがる to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, (of rain) to stop, to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to go north, to be complete, to finish

こぞる to assemble everything together, to do something as a group