仰 – face-up, look up, depend

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1573 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 仰 means face-up, look up, depend, seek, respect, revere, drink, take. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギョウ、コウ (gyou, kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あお.ぐ、おお.せ、お.っしゃる、おっしゃ.る (aogu, oose, ossharu, ossharu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギョウ	gyou
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	あお.ぐ	aogu
Kun’yomi	おお.せ	oose
Kun’yomi	お.っしゃる	ossharu
Kun’yomi	おっしゃ.る	ossharu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・卩.

Words using 仰

信仰しんこう(religious) faith仰ぐあおぐto look up (at)

Example sentences

キリスト教を信仰していますか。

Do you believe in Christianity?

Tatoeba #225757

彼は天を仰いだ。

He looked up at the sky.

Tatoeba #101942

彼は彼らの師と仰がれた。

He was respected as their teacher.

Tatoeba #101137

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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