Onyomi: ソウ · Kunyomi: おく.る · Meanings: escort, send
Kanji for escort, send
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The kanji 送 combines the “movement” radical (辶) with the character for “to accompany” or “to follow” (关), symbolizing moving something or someone toward a destination. In ancient times, it represented sending or delivering goods or people. 送 came to mean send, deliver, or escort, capturing motion, direction, and transfer.
Movement toward someone — 送 means to send, deliver, or escort.
Imagine walking to deliver a message or gift to someone — that’s 送, the kanji for sending and delivering.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 送る | おくる | to send, to dispatch, to forward, to transmit, to ship, to remit | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 送金 | そうきん | remittance, sending money, transferring money | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 送料 | そうりょう | postage, carriage, shipping charge | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 送別 | そうべつ | farewell, send-off | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 送り仮名 | おくりがな | kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word, declensional kana ending | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 送迎 | そうげい | seeing off and meeting on return | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 送信 | そうしん | transmission, sending | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 送付 | そうふ | sending, forwarding, remitting | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 送り込む | おくりこむ | to send in | common Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 送別会 | そうべつかい | farewell party | common Noun |
| 送り出す | おくりだす | to send out, to forward, to show (a person) out | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 送り返す | おくりかえす | to send back | Godan verb with 'su' ending |
| 送話 | そうわ | (telephonic) transmission | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 送り合う | おくりあう | to send each other | Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 送電 | そうでん | transmission of electricity, electricity supply, power supply | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |