漢字道KANJIDO

9 strokesRadical丿

8Elementary year 39 strokesRadical丿
On
ジョウ
Kun
の(る)・の(せる)
Meaning
ride, get on

Origin

ORIGIN

Long ago it pictured a person standing on top of a tree (木) — so it means to 'ride / get on'.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ジョウ乗数・乗車・大乗的
のる乗る・乗り物

Compare: 載る

のせる乗せる

Compare: 載せる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 乗車じょうしゃ

    boarding (a vehicle)

  • 乗客じょうきゃく

    passenger

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

バスに 乗って 学校へ 行きます。

I ride the bus to school.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)