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escort
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingおく.る
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. escort
  2. send
    既にアカウントがあるのなら、システムを使って電子メールを送受信できます。If there is already an account, there is a system by which you are able to send and receive email.tatoeba
  3. send offRtK
  1. to send
  2. to dispatch
  3. to forward
  4. to transmit
  5. to ship

Popular Usage

送る放送送別送料送り仮名運送回送

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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escort · golden calf · horns · heavens · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2172

Compound words

送るおくる
to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship
放送ほうそう
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
送別そうべつ
farewell; send-off
送料そうりょう
postage; carriage; shipping charge
送り仮名おくりがな
kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending
返送へんそう
sending back; return to sender
送信するそうしんする
to transmit
回送かいそう
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train); (train) returning to the station
運送うんそう
transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)
移送いそう
transfer; transport; transportation
護送ごそう
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
葬送そうそう
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
送りおくり
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
送還そうかん
sending home; repatriation; deportation
送金そうきん
remittance; sending money; transferring money
送迎そうげい
seeing off and meeting on return
送検そうけん
committing a suspect to trial; referring a case to a public prosecutor
送信そうしん
transmission; sending
送電そうでん
transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply
送付そうふ
sending; forwarding; remitting
転送てんそう
transfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection; transfer (of data); transmission
伝送でんそう
transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion
配送はいそう
delivery
発送はっそう
sending; forwarding; shipping

On Reading Examples

光ファイバーケーブルは膨大な量の情報を搬送できる。はんそう
Fibre-optic cables can carry huge amounts of information.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不幸な生活を送った。
He lived an unhappy life.tatoeba
彼は品行方正な生活を送った。
He lived a moral life.tatoeba
彼は彼女を見送りに空港へ行った。
He went to the airport to see her off.tatoeba
彼は彼女を見送りに駅まで行って来たところです。
He has been to the station to see her off.tatoeba
あおぐ時に風を送る部位。
It can create a small airflow by waving back and forth.wiki
11月まで謹慎生活を送る。
He was suspended until December of the same year.wiki
しかしながら道路標識においては専ら送り仮名が付けられている。
However, the names with okurigana are often found on traffic signs.wiki
舟行送別図 伝周文
Departing in a Boat, Attributed to Tenshowiki
6月1日、頼朝は頼盛のために盛大な送別の宴を開いた。
On July 17, Yoritomo held a grand farewell party for Yorimori.wiki
牛馬を休ませる暇もなく、常に運送料や荷車のことで争っている。
He does not have time to rest his cows and horses, and is always arguing with people about shipping charges and carts.wiki

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