送 · escort, send

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

送 means escort, send. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 9 strokes, read おくる or そう. It is built from 2 parts: 关 (frontier pass, close), ⻌ (road, advance). It appears in 送る (to send) and 放送 (broadcasting).

筆順 · Stroke order

送 is written in 9 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

送 breaks into 2 parts.

• 关 other frontier pass, close · nyoc component
• ⻌ semantic road, advance · nyo carries the meaning

Words that use 送

Word	Reading	Meaning
送る	おくる	to send
放送	ほうそうする	broadcasting
送別	そうべつ	farewell / send-off

Built from the same parts

These use 关 or ⻌ too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 近near
• 週week
• 道road-way

Practise 送

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