Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

524 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: solicit, invite, ask

Kunyomi: こ.う う.ける

Onyomi: セイ シン ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

セイキュウ claim, demand, charge, application, request, billing (for a service)

セイガン petition

ショウセイ invitation

コンセイ appeal, entreaty, request

フシン building, construction, group effort by Buddhist practitioners, group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)

安普 ヤスブシン cheap structure (e.g. of houses)

ショウ request, invitation, privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)

招待 ショウタイ invitation

ショウセイ invitation

ハイショウ humbly inviting

Kunyomi Examples

乞う こう to beg, to ask, to request, to invite, to pray, to wish

乞うご期待 こうごきたい don't miss it, stay tuned, coming soon, look forward to it

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