The kanji 伸: meaning, readings and stroke order
伸
- Meaning
- grow, stretch
- On reading
- シン shin
- Kun reading
- の(びる) nobiru、の(ばす) nobasu、の(べる) noberu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- dài ra, duỗi ra (thân)
- Japanese
- のびる。のばす。
- Korean
- 늘어나다, 펴다 (신)
- Chinese
- 伸长、伸展
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading · less common
伸縮
stretching and shrinking
伸縮する 素材です。
This is a material that stretches.
の(びる) nobiru · kun reading
伸びる
to grow, to get longer
この 一年で せが 伸びました。
I got taller this past year.
の(ばす) nobasu · kun reading
伸ばす
to stretch out
うでを 大きく 伸ばします。
I stretch my arms out wide.
の(べる) noberu · kun reading · less common
差し伸べる
to hold out (a helping hand)
困って いる 人に 手を 差し伸べます。
I reach out to help people in trouble.
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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.