The kanji 譲: meaning, readings and stroke order

譲

Meaning: give way, hand over
On reading: ジョウ jou
Kun reading: ゆず（る） yuzuru
Strokes: 20
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 讓

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nhường, nhượng lại (nhượng)
Japanese: ゆずる。ひとにわたす。
Korean: 양보하다, 넘겨주다 (양)
Chinese: 让、转让 (让)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョウ jou · on reading · less common

けん譲じょう
modesty, humility
けん譲けんじょうな態度が好かれます。
People like a modest attitude.

ゆず（る） yuzuru · kun reading

譲ゆずる
to give up (a seat), to hand over
電車で席を 譲ゆずります。
I give up my seat on the train.

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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.