Kanji N1

譲: defer, turnover, transfer

譲 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning defer, turnover, transfer, written with 20 strokes. It is read ジョウ (on) and ゆずる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 譲歩 (じょうほ, concession) and 譲る (ゆずる, to hand over).

譲

Meanings

  • defer
  • turnover
  • transfer
  • convey
Strokes20
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#984 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ゆずる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 譲

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 譲歩じょうほ

    concession; conciliation; compromise

    JLPT N1
  • 譲るゆずる

    to hand over; to transfer; to turn over

    JLPT N3
  • 譲渡じょうと

    transfer; assignment; conveyance

  • 分譲ぶんじょう

    selling (real-estate) lots

  • 移譲いじょう

    handing over (of a right, property, etc.)

  • 譲り渡すゆずりわたす

    to hand over; to turn over; to cede

  • 割譲かつじょう

    cession (of territory)

  • 親譲りおやゆずり

    inheritance from a parent (property, trait, physique, etc.)

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