Kanji
仰
N1
6 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1573
face-up, look up, depend, seek, respect
On'yomi (音読み)
ギョウ、 コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
あお.ぐ、 おお.せ、 お.っしゃる、 おっしゃ.る
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
信仰
しんこう
(religious) faith; belief
仰天
ぎょうてん
being amazed; being horrified
大仰
おおぎょう
exaggerated; overblown
随喜渇仰
ずいきかつごう
worship with adoration; ardent admiration
活字信仰
かつじしんこう
belief that something in print is reliable and correct
稲荷信仰
いなりしんこう
cult of Inari; worship of the deity Inari
言霊信仰
ことだましんこう
faith in the power of language; belief that reality is affected by the spoken word
学歴信仰
がくれきしんこう
over-belief in (the importance of) academic credentials; academic credentialism
重層信仰
じゅうそうしんこう
syncretism
来世信仰
らいせしんこう
belief in the next world; belief in the hereafter
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
仰ぐ
あおぐ
to look up (at)
仰向け
あおむけ
facing upward
仰る
おっしゃる
to say; to speak
仰向き
あおむき
facing upward
仰向ける
あおむける
to turn up (one's face)
びっくり仰天
びっくりぎょうてん
astonished; stunned
助言を仰ぐ
じょげんをあおぐ
to ask for advice
師と仰ぐ
しとあおぐ
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
振り仰ぐ
ふりあおぐ
to look up
仰向く
あおむく
to look upward
Example sentences
彼女（かのじょ）は神（かみ）を信仰（しんこう）していたので、何（なに）も心配（しんぱい）ごとがなかった。
Because she believed in God, she had nothing to worry about.
彼女（かのじょ）の神（かみ）への信仰（しんこう）はとても堅（かた）い。
Her belief in God is very firm.
日本（にほん）は原綿（げんめん）の供給（きょうきゅう）を海外（かいがい）に仰（あお）ぐ。
Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton.
彼（かれ）は彼（かれ）らの師（し）と仰（あお）がれた。
He was respected as their teacher.