漢字城 Kanji Fortress

乗 ride

Also: board

On'yomi
ジョウ
Kun'yomi
の-る、の-せる
Strokes
9
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): の-る.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
乗 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A thousand (千) people climb up a single tree (木) to ride it like a bus, branches packed with passengers.

A common word

  • 乗る のる to ride

Example sentences

  • まいあさばすにのります。

    I ride the bus every morning.

  • こどもをくるまにのせました。

    I put the kids in the car.

Kanji that share a part

丿 is its radical. 62 kanji share it in all.

千 is a component.

  • 重 heavy
  • 垂 droop N2
  • 挿 insert N2
  • 舌 tongue N1