Kanji N2

輸: transport, send, be inferior

輸 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning transport, send, be inferior, written with 16 strokes. It is read ユ, シュ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 輸出 (ゆしゅつ, export) and 輸入 (ゆにゅう, import).

輸

Meanings

  • transport
  • send
  • be inferior
Strokes16
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#371 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ユ
  • シュ

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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 輸

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

  • 輸出ゆしゅつ

    export; exportation

    JLPT N4
  • 輸入ゆにゅう

    import; importation; introduction

    JLPT N4
  • 輸送ゆそう

    transport; transportation; transit; conveyance

    JLPT N2
  • 輸血ゆけつ

    blood transfusion

    JLPT N2
  • 運輸うんゆ

    transportation

    JLPT N1
  • 禁輸きんゆ

    embargo

  • 運輸省うんゆしょう

    Ministry of Transport

  • 密輸みつゆ

    smuggling; contraband trade

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.