送
escort, send
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
24 of 543- 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
Study
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.