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送

escort, send

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 500Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • おく.る

Meaning

送 centers on moving something or someone from one place to another: sending a person off, escorting them, or transmitting an object.

Most common words using 送

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  • 放送ほうそう
    N4

    broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

  • 送るおくる
    N5

    to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit

  • 送料そうりょう
    N3

    postage; carriage; shipping charge

  • 送りおくり

    seeing off; sending off

  • 送信そうしん
    N3

    transmission; sending

  • 輸送ゆそう
    N2

    transport; transportation; transit; conveyance

  • 発送はっそう
    N1

    sending; forwarding; shipping

  • 転送てんそう
    N2

    transfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection

  • 郵送ゆうそう
    N3

    mailing; posting

  • 配送はいそう

    delivery

  • 搬送はんそう
    N1

    transportation; conveyance; delivery

  • 運送うんそう
    N1

    transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)

  • 送金そうきん
    N2

    remittance; sending money; transferring money

  • 見送りみおくり
    N3

    seeing (someone) off; send-off

  • 移送いそう

    transfer; transport; transportation

  • 送り出しおくりだし

    pushing (propelling) (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind

  • 送迎そうげい

    seeing off and meeting on return

  • 送電そうでん

    transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply

  • 送付そうふ
    N1

    sending; forwarding; remitting

  • 送検そうけん

    committing a suspect to trial; referring a case to a public prosecutor

  • 先送りさきおくり

    putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

  • 送還そうかん

    sending home; repatriation; deportation

  • 送り込むおくりこむ

    to send in

  • 伝送でんそう

    transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery

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Etymology

送 combines 辶 (movement) with a component that historically represented a hand offering something, together suggesting sending or escorting.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 wraps around 关, which looks like a person with arms extended. Picture someone walking alongside another, arms out to guide them: escorting and sending them on their way.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine sending a soul off with a gentle escort: soul -> ソウ, and the movement radical shows the soul being guided away.