Kanji
N2 7 strokes Grade 8 freq #730

expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

sudden rise (esp. of stock prices); jump
continuous rise (in market price)
expansion; extension
expansion and contraction; elasticity
rise in market prices
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
yawn; yawning
postscript; post scriptum

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

growth; development
stretching
growth rate
to be sluggish; to make little progress
comfortably; peacefully
comfortable; carefree
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to grow out / extend
to stretch; to extend

Example sentences

The cat arched its back and stretched itself.

The second quarter GNP growth was higher than predicted.

Children should grow up carefree.

I'll offer him what help I can.