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Bushu (Radical) Info: 弓 (ゆみ) – bow

Henshall Mnemonic: draw longbow to full stretch

Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #403 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 頑張る   [がんばる]
  (v5r) to persist; to insist on; to stand firm; to try one's best   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 張る   [はる]
  (v5r,vi,vt) to stick; to paste; to put; to affix; to stretch; to spread; to strain; to stick out; to slap; to be expensive; to tighten   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 緊張   [きんちょう]
  (n,vs) tension; mental strain; nervousness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引っ張る   [ひっぱる]
  (v5r) (1) to pull; to draw; to stretch; to drag; (2) to pull the ball (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 矢張り   [やはり]
  (adv,exp) (uk) also; as I thought; still; in spite of; absolutely; of course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 主張   [しゅちょう]
  (n,vs) claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 出張   [しゅっちょう]
  (n,vs) official tour; business trip   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 張り切る   [はりきる]
  (v5r) to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor; to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 矢っ張り   [やっぱり]
  (adv,exp) (uk) also; as I thought; still; in spite of; absolutely; of course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 欲張り   [よくばり]
  (adj-na,n) avarice; covetousness; greed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 拡張   [かくちょう]
  (n,vs) expansion; extension; enlargement; escape (ESC)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 威張る   [いばる]
  (v5r) to be proud; to swagger   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 誇張   [こちょう]
  (n) exaggeration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 張り紙   [はりがみ]
  (n) paper patch; paper backing; poster   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 膨張   [ぼうちょう]
  (n) expansion; swelling; increase; growth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 突っ張る   [つっぱる]
  (v5r) to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• ガラス張り   [ガラスばり]
  (adj-no,n) glass-sided; aboveboard; open to scrutiny   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 頑張って   [がんばって]
  (exp) Hold on; Go for it; Keep at it   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 頑張り   [がんばり]
  (n) tenacity; endurance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出張所   [しゅっちょうじょ]
  (n) branch office; agency; sub-branch   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 強張る   [こわばる]
  (v5r) to stiffen   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 張り   [ばり]
  (suf) (1) in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; (2) attached or stretched on   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 張り出す   [はりだす]
  (v5s) to put up a notice; to project; to jut out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 張本人   [ちょうほんにん]
  (n) ringleader; originator; perpetrator   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 踏ん張る   [ふんばる]
  (v5r) to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引っ張り剪断強度   [ひっぱりせんだんきょうど]
  peel strength (conductor from substrate)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見張り   [みはり]
  (n) watch-keeping; guard; lookout   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見張る   [みはる]
  (v5r) to watch; to (stand) guard; to look out; to open one's eyes wide   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 突っ張り   [つっぱり]
  (n) prop; strut; support; bar; thrust   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 縄張り   [なわばり]
  (n,vs) roping off; stretching rope; demarcation; one's turf   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 張 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.