Kanji Detail for 奉 - "to dedicate, to serve, to offer"

奉

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

奉 means "to dedicate, to serve, to offer."
1. Dedicate - To offer with respect; to consecrate.
2. Serve - To work for; to attend to.
3. Receive - To accept from a superior.
Words using 奉
- 奉仕ほうし service; ministry; attendance
- 奉行ぶぎょう magistrate; shogunate administrator
- 奉公ほうこう live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty
Four-character idioms with 奉
- 丁稚奉公でっちぼうこう apprenticeship
- 大政奉還たいせいほうかん restoration of imperial rule
- 滅私奉公めっしほうこう selfless devotion
- 版籍奉還はんせきほうかん return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
Tattoo check: 奉
- Verified meaning: to dedicate, to serve, to offer
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read とも, ほう, まつり)
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 奉

Given names 奉(ほう) 奉(まつり)

Surnames 奉(とも)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

observance; offer; present; dedicate

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

offer; receive; serve; respect

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to offer, to respect, to server; to receive

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To receive. Respectfully accepting what is given from above. Such as receiving imperial decrees is called 奉詔, 奉命. | To offer. Presenting to superiors. Such as 進奉. | To serve. (Mencius) "The service of wives and concubines." | Like supporting. Such as 尊奉 (venerate), 崇奉 (worship).
Onyomi

bu(ブ)

hoh(ホウ)
Kunyomi

hou.zuru(ほう-ずる)

matsu.ru(まつ-る)

tatematsu.ru(たてまつ-る)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

大 (dai)
Related Keywords

to dedicate to serve to offer receive present give attend bestow consecrate honor worship sacrifice comply obey

Sentences including 奉

彼女はフロイトの信奉者だ。
She is a follower of Freud.
彼は息子を仕立屋に奉公に出した。
He bound his son to a tailor.
開拓民たちはキリスト教を信奉した。
The settlers embraced the Christian religion.
彼は数週間共同募金運動に奉仕した。
He worked for weeks on behalf of the community chest.
政治家は国民のために奉仕すべきだ。
A politician should serve the people.
学生達は地域社会への奉仕を志願した。
The students volunteered for community service.
新しいお客様に限った期間限定奉仕です。
This is a limited time offer to new customers only.
知事は戦死した兵士たちに記念碑を奉納した。
The governor dedicated the memorial to the soldiers who died in the war.
彼女は看護婦の献身的な奉仕に感銘を受けた。
She was impressed with the altruistic service of nurses.
人々に奉仕することが、彼の人生の唯一の目的だ。
To serve people is his sole object in life.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

先生と同郷の友人で地方の病院に奉職しているものが上京したため、先生は外の二、三名と共に、ある所でその友人に飯を食わせなければならなくなった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha

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Kanji Detail for 奉 - "to dedicate, to serve, to offer"

奉 Jōyō Kanji JLPT N1

Meaning

Words using 奉

Four-character idioms with 奉

Tattoo check: 奉

Name readings of 奉

Dictionary Citations

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Onyomi

Kunyomi

Strokes

Radical

Related Keywords

Sentences including 奉

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 大 (dai)

奉

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1