及 – reach out, exert, exercise

3 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#544 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 及 means reach out, exert, exercise, cause. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キュウ (kyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is およ.ぶ、およ.び、および、およ.ぼす (oyobu, oyobi, oyobi, oyobosu). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 又 (no. 29).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
Kun’yomi	およ.ぶ	oyobu
Kun’yomi	およ.び	oyobi
Kun’yomi	および	oyobi
Kun’yomi	およ.ぼす	oyobosu

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: 又 (Kangxi radical 29). Components: 丶・乃・ノ.

Words using 及

及ぼすおよぼすto exert (influence)普及ふきゅうdiffusion及びおよびand及ぶおよぶto reach追及ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt)

Example sentences

あなたに被害を及ぼそうなどとは夢にも思いませんでした。

Little did I dream of doing you any harm.

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テレビの普及によって我々の読書の時間がかなり奪われている。

The spread of television has considerably deprived us of our time for reading.

Tatoeba #201997

その地震で広範囲に及ぶ被害がでた。

The earthquake caused widespread damage.

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Kanji with the same radical

取受反収友双叔

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