揚 – raise, elevate, hoist

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1316 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 揚 means raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.げる、-あ.げ、あ.がる (ageru, age, agaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	あ.げる	ageru
Kun’yomi	-あ.げ	age
Kun’yomi	あ.がる	agaru

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 一・日・扎・勿.

Words using 揚

揚げるあげるto deep-fry

Example sentences

彼女は魚をサラダ油で揚げた。

She fried fish in salad oil.

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この鶏肉はよく揚げられている。

This chicken is fried well.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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