Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
辷 (しんにゅう, すべ.る, すべ.らす) – road; glide; skate; slip; fail in exams; (kokuji)
込 (-こ.む, こ.む, こ.み, -こ.み, こ.める, こみ, ごめ) – crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)

Henshall Mnemonic: sent away from heaven

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #311 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 送る   [おくる]
  (v5r) to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to spend a period of time; to live a life   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 放送   [ほうそう]
  (n,vs) broadcast; broadcasting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見送り   [みおくり]
  (n) seeing one off; farewell; escort   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 送り仮名   [おくりがな]
  kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送別   [そうべつ]
  (n) farewell; send-off   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送料   [そうりょう]
  (n) postage; carriage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 郵送   [ゆうそう]
  (n,vs) mailing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見送る   [みおくる]
  (v5r) (1) to see off; to farewell; (2) to escort; (3) to let pass; to wait and see; (4) to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 輸送   [ゆそう]
  (n,vs) transport; transportation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 送金   [そうきん]
  (n) remittance; sending money   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 回送   [かいそう]
  (n,vs) forwarding   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 運送   [うんそう]
  (n) shipping; marine transportation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 送り   [おくり]
  (n) seeing off; sending off; funeral   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送り込む   [おくりこむ]
  (v5m) to send in   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送り出し   [おくりだし]
  (n) pushing (propelling) (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送り先   [おくりさき]
  (n) forwarding address   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送り返す   [おくりかえす]
  (v5s) to send back   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送還   [そうかん]
  (n) sending home; repatriation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送球   [そうきゅう]
  (n) throwing a ball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送迎   [そうげい]
  (n) seeing off and meeting on return   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送検   [そうけん]
  (n) sending the person accused to the prosecutor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 先送り   [さきおくり]
  (n) postpone   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送信   [そうしん]
  (n,vs) transmission   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送電   [そうでん]
  (n) electric supply   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送付   [そうふ]
  (n) sending; forwarding; remitting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 配送   [はいそう]
  (n) delivery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送別会   [そうべつかい]
  (n) farewell party   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 発送   [はっそう]
  (n) sending; forwarding; shipping   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 移送   [いそう]
  (n) transfer; transport; removal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 伝送   [でんそう]
  (n) transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕送り   [しおくり]
  (n) allowance; remittance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 護送   [ごそう]
  (n,vs) convoy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 葬送   [そうそう]
  (n) attendance at a funeral   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 民間放送   [みんかんほうそう]
  commercial broadcasting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 搬送   [はんそう]
  (n,vs) convey; carry; transport   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 公共放送   [こうきょうほうそう]
  public broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 送 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.