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伸 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
3Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
の(びる)・の(ばす)・の(べる)no(biru) · no(basu) · no(beru)
Meaning
stretch; extend

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" with 申 "to extend": to stretch the body straight — to stretch, to extend.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin伸縮しんしゅく屈伸くっしん追伸ついしん
Kunのびるnobiru伸びるのびる背伸びせのび

Compare: 延びる

Kunのばすnobasu伸ばすのばす

Compare: 延ばす

Kunのべるnoberu伸べるのべる

Compare: 延べる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 伸びるのびる

    to stretch; to grow

  • 伸長しんちょう

    extension; growth

More words with this kanji

  • 伸子しんし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

背(せ)が急(きゅう)に伸(の)びた。

I suddenly grew taller.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

伸長伸長long伐fell伏bend…伴accomp…佳excell…侍samura…辛spicy請reques…審examin…心heart申say
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading シンAll maps

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

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