Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

984 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 20

Meaning: defer, turnover, transfer, convey

Kunyomi: ゆず.る

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジョウホ concession, conciliation, compromise

ジョウト transfer, assignment, conveyance

ブンジョウ selling (real-estate) lots

イジョウ transfer, assignment

Kunyomi Examples

ゆずる to hand over, to transfer, to turn over, to assign, to convey, to bequeath, to give up (e.g. one's seat), to give way, to yield, to concede, to give ground, to surrender, to sell, to postpone, to put off, to defer