The kanji 乗: meaning, readings and stroke order
乗
- Meaning
- ride, get on
- On reading
- ジョウ jou
- Kun reading
- の(る) noru、の(せる) noseru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 丿 slash
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 乘
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lên (xe), cưỡi (thừa)
- Japanese
- のりものに のる。
- Korean
- 타다 (승)
- Chinese
- 乘坐、骑 (乘)
Readings, words and example sentences
ジョウ jou · on reading
乗車
getting on (a train or bus)
乗車の 前に きっぷを 買います。
Before getting on, I buy a ticket.
の(る) noru · kun reading
乗る
to ride, to get on
八時の 電車に 乗ります。
I get on the eight o'clock train.
の(せる) noseru · kun reading
乗せる
to put in, to load
車に にもつを 乗せます。
I put the bags in the car.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.