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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: 扌 昜

揚

Radical

Radical: 手

Meaning: hand

Reading: て

Frequency: 1,203

Alternative forms:

扌(alt radical position hen)龵

手

Examples

Onyomi Examples

揚力 (ヨウリョク) dynamic lift, lifting power

揚音 (ヨウオン) acute (accent, etc.)

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

掲揚 (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, to stop (of rain), 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 be complete, to finish, above, north of

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