送 (escort, send) - Kanji Codex

送

escort, send

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おく.る

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:3

Strokes:9

JLPT:4

Frequency:311

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
移送	イソウ	transfer; transport; transportation
護送	ゴソウ	escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
葬送	ソウソウ	attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
送還	ソウカン	sending home; repatriation; deportation
送金	ソウキン	remittance; sending money; transferring money

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
見送り	みおくり	seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; shelving; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
見送る	みおくる	to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to gaze after; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity); to postpone; to put off; to shelve; to leave (as it is); to take care of (someone) until death; to attend (someone's) funeral; to bury; to hold off (buying or selling); to wait and see
仕送り	しおくり	allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
送り	おくり	seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
送り仮名	おくりがな	kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

alternation, transfer

astray, be perplexed, err, illusion, in doubt, lost

inverted, opposite, reverse, wicked

accomplish, attain, commit (suicide), consummate

road, route, way

accomplish, attain, chase, commit, drive away, pursue

in turn, relay, sending

back, late, later, slow

accomplished, arrive, attain, reach