奉

dedicate; observance; offer; present

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1624.

Readings

• ホウ (on reading): 奉納 (ほうのう) dedication; 奉仕 (ほうし) service
• ブ (on reading): 奉行 (ぶぎょう) magistrate; 供奉 (ぐぶ) accompanying
• ほうずる (kun reading): 奉ずる (ほうずる) to present
• たてまつる (kun reading): 奉る (たてまつる) to offer; 仰ぎ奉る (あおぎたてまつる) to look up
• まつる (kun reading): 仕え奉る (つかえまつる) to serve; 褒め奉る (ほめまつる) to praise

Components

• 𡗗
• 丨
• 一 radical one
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 二 radical two
• 人 radical person
• 大 radical big

Kanji containing 奉

• 棒 rod
• 俸 stipend
• 捧 lift up

Words using 奉

• 奉納 (ほうのう) dedication
• 奉仕 (ほうし) service
• 奉公 (ほうこう) live-in domestic service
• 信奉 (しんぽう) belief
• 版籍奉還 (はんせきほうかん) return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
• 奉行 (ぶぎょう) magistrate
• 供奉 (ぐぶ) accompanying
• 寺社奉行 (じしゃぶぎょう) governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
• 奉行所 (ぶぎょうしょ) magistrate's office
• 勘定奉行 (かんじょうぶぎょう) chief financial official (Edo period)
• 奉ずる (ほうずる) to present
• 奉る (たてまつる) to offer
• 仰ぎ奉る (あおぎたてまつる) to look up
• 幣を奉る (ぬさをたてまつる) to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
• 仕え奉る (つかえまつる) to serve
• 褒め奉る (ほめまつる) to praise

103 words in all.

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