渉 – ford, go cross, transit

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#499 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 渉 means ford, go cross, transit, ferry, import, involve. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わた.る (wataru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	わた.る	wataru

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: ノ・止・汁・小.

Words using 渉

交渉こうしょうnegotiations干渉かんしょうinterference

Example sentences

労働組合は経営陣と交渉している。

The labor union is negotiating with the owners.

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哲学者は世間とあまり交渉を持たない傾向がある。

Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world.

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僕のことに干渉しないでくれ。

Don't interfere in my affairs.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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