伸
expand, extend, increase, lengthen, stretch
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:7
JLPT:2
Frequency:730
Vocabulary
シン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追伸 | ツイシン | postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S. |
| 急伸 | キュウシン | sudden rise (esp. of stock prices); jump |
| 続伸 | ゾクシン | continuous rise (in market price) |
| 伸縮 | シンシュク | expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility |
| 伸長 | シンチョウ | expansion; extension; elongation; stretching |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠伸 | あくび | yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76) |
| 欠伸 | アクビ | yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76) |
| 差し伸べる | さしのべる | to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for; to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.) |
| 伸し | のし | stretching; sidestroke (swimming) |
| 伸びやか | のびやか | comfortable; carefree |
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