仰
仰 — Face-up
face-up, look up, depend, seek, respect, revere
On’yomiギョウ (gyou)
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiあおぐ (aogu)
Kun’yomiおおせ (oose)
Kun’yomiおっしゃる (ossharu)
Kun’yomiおっしゃる (ossharu)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 仰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信仰 | しんこう shinkou | (religious) faith; belief; creed |
| 仰ぐ | あおぐ aogu | to look up (at); to look up to; to respect |
| 仰る | おっしゃる ossharu | to say; to speak; to tell |
| 仰向け | あおむけ aomuke | facing upward |
| 仰天 | ぎょうてん gyouten | being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback |
| 大仰 | おおぎょう oogyou | exaggerated; overblown; overdone |
Study notes
仰 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1573 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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