伸
伸 — Expand
expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase
On’yomiシン (shin)
Kun’yomiのびる (nobiru)
Kun’yomiのばす (nobasu)
Kun’yomiのべる (noberu)
Kun’yomiのす (nosu)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 伸
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伸び | のび nobi | growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up) |
| 伸し | のし noshi | stretching; sidestroke (swimming) |
| 伸び率 | のびりつ nobiritsu | growth rate; elongation percentage |
| 伸び悩む | のびなやむ nobinayamu | to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth |
| 欠伸 | あくび akubi | yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76) |
| 差し伸べる | さしのべる sashinoberu | to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch |
Study notes
伸 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #730 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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