及
及 — Reach out
reach out, exert, exercise, cause
On’yomiキュウ (kyuu)
Kun’yomiおよぶ (oyobu)
Kun’yomiおよび (oyobi)
Kun’yomiおよび (oyobi)
Kun’yomiおよぼす (oyobosu)
Stroke order (3 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 及
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 普及 | ふきゅう fukyuu | diffusion; spread; popularization |
| 追及 | ついきゅう tsuikyuu | investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing |
| 及ぶ | およぶ oyobu | to reach; to amount to; to befall |
| 言及 | げんきゅう genkyuu | reference; allusion |
| 波及 | はきゅう hakyuu | spread; extension; influence |
| 及び | および oyobi | and; as well as |
Study notes
及 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 3 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #544 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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