Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1316 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

Kunyomi: あ.げる -あ.げ あ.がる

Onyomi: ヨウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヨウリョク dynamic lift, lifting power

ヨウオン acute (accent, etc.)

コウヨウ elevation (of spirits), raising (of morale), uplift, upsurge

ケイヨウ hoisting (e.g. a flag), raising, flying, putting up

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