Kanji 乗: "ride, power, multiplication"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 乗

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 乗のるto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take · to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on
• 乗のせるto place on (something) · to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board
• 名な乗のるto give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as) · to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
• 乗のり込こむto board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to go on board · to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
• 乗のり越こえるto climb over; to get over; to cross (a mountain) · to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to get through (an illness, crisis, etc.); to get over (e.g. one's pain)
• 調ちょう子しに乗のるto get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to be caught up in the moment · to get up to speed; to move into gear
• 身みを乗のり出だすto bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
• 乗のり切きるto weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across · to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over
• 乗のり気きinterest; eagerness; enthusiasm
• 乗じょう客きゃくpassenger
• 乗のり出だすto set out; to set sail · to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something)
• 乗のっ取とるto take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to seize · to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

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