送 — how to write the kanji for “escort”
送 (“escort” and “send”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in third grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 311th most used kanji. Its ⻌ (“walking”) sits on the left but is written last, strokes 7–9 of 9. KANJIDIC2 files it under the radical 辵 (“walk”). Read sou, it forms 放送 (“broadcasting”), 輸送 (“transport”) and 運送 (“transport”); the native reading oku-ru gives 送る (“to send”) and 先送り (“putting off (doing)”). Chinese reads it sòng, “to send”, at HSK 2.
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 辵 (“walk”)
- On
- ソウ
- Kun
- おく·る
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Its parts sit one inside another: 关 (“frontier pass”), strokes 1–6; ⻌ (“walking”), strokes 7–9, each finished before the next.
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and left
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdownwards → down and left
- Dot ㇔centerdown and right
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Horizontal, turn, turn, left-falling ㇋leftrightwards → downwards
- Right-falling stroke ㇏bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
The trap in 送
Write 关 (“frontier pass”) first, strokes 1–6, and finish with ⻌ (“walking”), strokes 7–9.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ソウ sou
- Kun (native)
- おく·る oku-ru
- Meanings
- escort; send
- Read sou
- 放送 輸送 運送 送金 郵送
- Read oku-ru
- 送る 先送り 送り 見送り 見送る
- School year
- third grade
- Newspaper rank
- 311th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 송 song
- Common words
- 39 in JMdict
Words with 送
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放送 | ほうそう housou | broadcasting; broadcast |
| 輸送 | ゆそう yusou | transport; transportation |
| 送る | おくる okuru | to send; to dispatch |
| 先送り | さきおくり sakiokuri | putting off (doing); postponement |
| 送り | おくり okuri | seeing off; sending off |
| 運送 | うんそう unsou | transport; freight |
| 見送り | みおくり miokuri | seeing (someone) off; send-off |
| 見送る | みおくる miokuru | to see (someone) off; to escort |
| 送金 | そうきん soukin | remittance; sending money |
| 郵送 | ゆうそう yuusou | mailing; posting |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
Print at 100%. Several kanji: worksheet maker.
Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: