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Kanji Detail for 譲 - "to yield"

譲

  • Meaning

    譲 means "to yield." Also associated with to be modest, to blame.

    1. To yield - To give one's possessions or rights to others.

    2. To be modest - To hold back; to defer to others.

    3. To blame - To reproach; to criticize.

  • Words using 譲

    • 譲歩 じょうほ Listen concession; conciliation; compromise
    • 譲渡 じょうと Listen transfer; assignment; conveyance
    • 分譲 ぶんじょう Listen selling (real-estate) lots
    • 移譲 いじょう Listen handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment
    • 譲り渡す ゆずりわたす Listen to hand over; to turn over; to cede
    • 譲る ゆずる Listen to hand over; to transfer; to turn over

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    • Verified meaning: to yield
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう, じょうじ, ゆずり, ゆずる)
    • Also carries these associations: to be modest, to blame

    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 譲

    Given names 譲(じょう)Listen 譲(ゆずり)Listen 譲(ゆずる)Listen

    Surnames 譲(じょうじ)Listen 譲(ゆづる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    defer; turnover; transfer; convey

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    allow, permit, yield, concede

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 讓|让

  • Onyomi

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    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    yuzu.ru(ゆず-る) ゆず-る

  • Strokes

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    20 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to yield to be modest to blame concede transfer hand over bequeath bestow confer defer delegate donate entrust give grant relinquish surrender reproach criticize

Sentences including 譲

  • The property passed from father to son.

  • My uncle yielded his car to me.

  • The young should make room for the old.

  • I turned over the business to my son.

  • He turned over the business to his son.

  • The boy gave up his seat to the old man on the bus.

  • He passed his property on to his son.

  • He has decided to turn over his business to his son.

  • The company was transferred to a new man.

  • He turned over the business to his son.

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