Kanji
奉
N1
8 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1624
observance, offer, present, dedicate
On'yomi (音読み)
ホウ、 ブ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
たてまつ.る、 まつ.る、 ほう.ずる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
奉仕
ほうし
service; ministry
奉行
ぶぎょう
magistrate; shogunate administrator
奉公
ほうこう
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship
信奉
しんぽう
belief; faith
奉納
ほうのう
dedication; offering
町奉行
まちぶぎょう
(Edo-period) town magistrate
女中奉公
じょちゅうぼうこう
domestic service; working as a housemaid
礼奉公
れいぼうこう
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
遵奉者
じゅんぽうしゃ
conformist
奉賛
ほうさん
support given to a temple or shrine
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
幣を奉る
ぬさをたてまつる
to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
渡り奉公
わたりぼうこう
working as a servant for a series of masters
Example sentences
政治家（せいじか）は国民（こくみん）のために奉仕（ほうし）すべきだ。
A politician should serve the people.
人々（ひとびと）に奉仕（ほうし）することが、彼（かれ）の人生（じんせい）の唯一（ゆいいつ）の目的（もくてき）だ。
To serve people is his sole object in life.