輸
transport, send, be inferior
Readings
On'yomi
- ユ
- シュ
Kun'yomi
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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
20 of 186- 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
Study
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.