漢字城 Kanji Fortress

送 send

On'yomi
ソウ
Kun'yomi
おく-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): おく-る.

Stroke order

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

Remember it

Hands wave goodbye (关) as the parcel heads off down the road (⻌) — you send it away.

A common word

  • 送る おくる to send

Example sentences

  • ともだちにてがみをおくりました。

    I sent a letter to my friend.

  • えきまでおくってくれてありがとう。

    Thanks for seeing me off to the station.

Kanji that share a part

⻌ is its radical. 54 kanji share it in all.

关 is a component.