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乗

ride
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingジョウ、ショウ
Kun readingの.る、-の.り、の.せる
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

乗る乗り物乗り換える乗客乗車

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · silage

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1709

Compound words

乗るのる
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
乗り物のりもの
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
乗り換えるのりかえる
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
乗客じょうきゃく
passenger
乗車じょうしゃ
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
乗りのり
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood
乗員じょういん
crew member; crewman; crew
乗降じょうこう
getting on and off; embarking and disembarking
乗馬じょうば
horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse
相乗そうじょう
multiplication; synergism
搭乗とうじょう
embarkation; boarding (a ship or aircraft)
同乗どうじょう
riding together; riding with
分乗ぶんじょう
riding separately
便乗びんじょう
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
添乗てんじょう
accompanying (on a trip); escorting (a tour group)
乗じるじょうじる
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
乗ずるじょうずる
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
乗り気のりき
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
乗車券じょうしゃけん
ticket (for bus, train, etc.); passenger ticket; basic fare ticket (not valid on limited express trains without a supplemental express ticket)
乗組員のりくみいん
crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.); crew member
乗務員じょうむいん
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
乗用車じょうようしゃ
(passenger) car; automobile
名乗りなのり
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
名乗るなのる
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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