Kanji N1

仰: face-up, look up, depend

仰 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning face-up, look up, depend, written with 6 strokes. It is read ギョウ, コウ (on) and あおぐ, おおせ, おっしゃる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 信仰 (しんこう, faith) and 仰ぐ (あおぐ, to look up).

仰

Meanings

  • face-up
  • look up
  • depend
  • seek
  • respect
  • revere
  • drink
  • take
Strokes6
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1573 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ギョウ
  • コウ

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

Kun reading
  • あおぐ
  • おおせ
  • おっしゃる
  • おっしゃる

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 仰

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

  • 信仰しんこう

    (religious) faith; belief; creed

    JLPT N3
  • 仰ぐあおぐ

    to look up (at)

    JLPT N1
  • 仰るおっしゃる

    to say; to speak; to tell

    JLPT N4
  • 仰天ぎょうてん

    being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

  • 仰向けあおむけ

    facing upward

  • 大仰おおぎょう

    exaggerated; overblown; overdone

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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.