Onyomi: ウン · Kunyomi: はこ.ぶ · Meanings: advance, carry, destiny, fate, lot, luck, progress, transport
Kanji for advance, carry, destiny, fate, lot
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The kanji 運 combines the “movement” radical (辶) with the character for “carry” or “fortune” (軍 without the roof), symbolizing moving or carrying things along a path. In ancient times, it represented transporting goods or the flow of events. 運 came to mean carry, transport, or luck/fortune, capturing motion, progress, and fate.
Movement along a path — 運 means carry, transport, or luck/fortune.
Imagine carrying goods along a road or the flow of fortune moving toward you — that’s 運, the kanji for movement, transport, and luck.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 運 | うん | fortune, luck, chance | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 運動 | うんどう | exercise, physical training, workout, sports, athletics | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 運河 | うんが | (navigable) canal, waterway | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 運ぶ | はこぶ | to carry, to transport, to move, to convey | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'bu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 運命 | うんめい | fate, destiny, lot | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 運賃 | うんちん | (passenger) fare | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 運転 | うんてん | operation (of a machine), running, working | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 運転手 | うんてんしゅ | driver, chauffeur | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 運営 | うんえい | management, administration, operation | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 運搬 | うんぱん | transport, transportation, conveyance, carriage | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |