— reach out, exert, exercise, cause

  • JLPT N1
  • 3 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 又
  • #544 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
キュウ
Kun'yomi
およ.ぶおよ.びおよびおよ.ぼす

Example words

  • 普及ふきゅうdiffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
  • 追及ついきゅう(1) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down (2) catching up; overtaking
  • 及ぶおよぶ(1) to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend (2) to be up to the task; to come up to (3) to compare with; to be a match (for) (4) to commit (a crime) (5) to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)
  • 及ぼすおよぼすto exert; to cause; to exercise
  • 及びおよびand; as well as