The kanji 奉: meaning, readings and stroke order

奉

Meaning: offer, serve
On reading: ホウ hou、ブ* bu
Kun reading: たてまつ（る） tatematsuru
Strokes: 8
Radical: 大 big, very
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dâng, phục vụ (phụng)
Japanese: たてまつる。つかえる。
Korean: 바치다, 섬기다 (봉)
Chinese: 奉献、侍奉

Readings, words and example sentences

ホウ hou · on reading · less common

奉ほう仕し
volunteer service
町の 奉ほう仕し活動に参加します。
I join the town's volunteer work.

たてまつ（る） tatematsuru · kun reading · less common

奉たてまつる
to offer up (to the gods)
神にそなえ物を 奉たてまつります。
People offer gifts to the gods.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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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.