Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be deep fried

    恵一、天ぷら揚がったから、皿持って来い。
    Keiichi, the tempura's done, so bring a plate.
  2. to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to be raised towards the sky

  3. to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings)

  4. to stand out; to be striking; to be conspicuous

  5. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised

    see 上がる

  6. to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore; to be hauled onto land or ship

    see 上がる

  7. to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface

    see 上がる

  8. to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice)

    see 上がる

  9. to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel

    see 上がる

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

Kun
あ.げる-あ.げあ.がる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1316 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

あがり

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3c9.5The Kanji Dictionary
5602.7Four corner code
1351deroo
63daUnicode hex code
1-45-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1966Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2236New Nelson (John Haig)
593New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
722Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
433Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
542Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
664Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
717Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1116A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1551Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1401Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12355Morohashi
1876A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
631Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
641Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1369Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1542Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1481Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
917Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
671Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang2Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level