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Kanji Detail for 乗 - "to ride, to multiply"

乗

  • Meaning

    乗 means "to ride, to multiply."

    1. Ride - To travel on a vehicle.

    2. Multiply - To increase by multiplication.

    3. Board - To get on a vehicle.

  • Words using 乗

    • 乗用車 じょうようしゃ Listen (passenger) car; automobile
    • 乗客 じょうきゃく Listen passenger
    • 乗り のり Listen riding; ride; spread (of paints)
    • 乗員 じょういん Listen crew member; crewman; crew
    • 乗組員 のりくみいん Listen crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.); crew member
    • 相乗り あいのり Listen riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); ridesharing
    • 乗せる のせる Listen to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift
    • 搭乗 とうじょう Listen embarkation; boarding (a ship or aircraft)

  • Four-character idioms with 乗

    • 一天万乗 いってんばんじょう Listen the whole realm
    • 相乗効果 そうじょうこうか Listen synergy
    • 飛竜乗雲 ひりゅうじょううん Listen hero that seizes the moment and rises

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    • Verified meaning: to ride, to multiply
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう, たかじょう, のり, みんじょう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 乗

    Given names 乗(じょう)Listen 乗(みんじょう)Listen

    Surnames 乗(たかじょう)Listen 乗(のり)Listen 乗(よつのや)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ride; power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles; board; mount; join

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 乘[cheng2]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    no.ru(の-る) の-る

    no.seru(の-せる) の-せる

    nori(のり) のり

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    丿 (no・haraibo)

  • Related Keywords

    to ride to multiply board carry count multiplication record take vehicle get on mount embark ascend climb travel

Sentences including 乗

  • Could you tell me where i can get a train?

  • His train arrives at five this evening.

  • He may have missed the train.

  • What train you are going to take?

  • We caught sight of his boat.

  • His train arrived at tokyo station.

  • She takes a taxi from the station to her house.

  • They are now aboard the ship.

  • He hurried so as not to miss the train.

  • He made himself known to me.

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