譲 – defer, turnover, transfer

20 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#984 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 譲 means defer, turnover, transfer, convey. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆず.る (yuzuru). It is written with 20 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	ゆず.る	yuzuru

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 衣・言・ハ・亠.

Words using 譲

譲るゆずるto hand over譲歩じょうほconcession

Example sentences

叔父は私に車を譲ってくれた。

My uncle gave me his car.

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私はこの点については一歩も譲れません。

I will not give an inch on this point.

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あなたの意見が道理に適っていれば彼らは譲歩するだろう。

They will give way to you if your opinion is reasonable.

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Kanji with the same radical

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