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Kotomora

輸

transport, send, be inferior

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes16

Readings

On'yomi

  • ユ
  • シュ

Kun'yomi

—

Meaning

輸 centers on moving something from one place to another: transporting goods or sending things. The sense of being inferior comes from the idea of losing in a contest, as if one's position is moved downward.

Most common words using 輸

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  • 輸入ゆにゅう
    N4

    import; importation; introduction

  • 輸送ゆそう
    N2

    transport; transportation; transit; conveyance

  • 輸出ゆしゅつ
    N4

    export; exportation

  • 密輸みつゆ
    N1

    smuggling; contraband trade

  • 運輸うんゆ
    N1

    transportation

  • 輸血ゆけつ
    N2

    blood transfusion

  • ヤマト運輸ヤマトうんゆ

    Yamato Transport

  • 並行輸入へいこうゆにゅう

    parallel importing; grey importing; gray importing

  • 輸出入ゆしゅつにゅう

    export and import

  • 空輸くうゆ

    air transport; air lift; airlift

  • 禁輸きんゆ

    embargo

  • 運輸省うんゆしょう

    Ministry of Transport

  • 輸液ゆえき

    transfusion

  • 密輸入みつゆにゅう

    smuggling in; importing through illegal channels

  • 輸銀ゆぎん

    import-export bank

  • 逆輸入ぎゃくゆにゅう

    reimportation; reimport; reverse import; importing back

  • 直輸入ちょくゆにゅう

    direct import; direct importation

  • 輸出超過ゆしゅつちょうか

    excess of exports

  • 密輸出みつゆしゅつ

    smuggling out

  • おおすみ型輸送艦おおすみがたゆそうかん

    Osumi class vehicle transport ship

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Etymology

輸 combines 車 (vehicle) with 俞, which likely contributes the sound and originally meant a hollowed-out log or boat, suggesting conveyance. Together they express transporting by vehicle.

Meaning mnemonic

A vehicle 車 on the left and a shape 俞 that looks like a boat or container on the right: imagine loading goods onto a cart or boat to transport them.

Reading mnemonic

For ユ, picture you driving a transport vehicle: you -> ユ, and you send the goods off.