EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 29
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to receive; to get

    65歳以上の人たちは政府から年金を受けている。
    People 65 and above get a pension from the government.
  2. to catch (e.g. a ball)

  3. to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)

  4. to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)

  5. to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)

  6. to be given (e.g. life, talent)

    esp. 受ける, 享ける

  7. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)

    ColloquialUsually written using kana aloneesp. ウケる

  8. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to follow; to succeed; to be descended from

    esp. 受ける, 享ける

  9. to face (south, etc.)

  10. to be modified by

    Linguisticsesp. 受ける, 承ける

  11. to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee

    esp. 請ける; now primarily used in compound wordssee 請け出す

  12. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. ウケる, うける

  13. to answer (to an opponent's move); to respond; to react

    Go (game)

Also written 請ける【うける】、承ける【うける】、享ける【うける】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

Kun
う.ける、-う.け、う.かる
On
ジュ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
136 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

じょ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-4, 2-1-7, 2-6-2SKIP code
2h6.2The Kanji Dictionary
2040.7Four corner code
2067deroo
53d7Unicode hex code
1-28-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2826Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
678New Nelson (John Haig)
2421New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3076Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1569Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2146Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
735Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
794Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
223A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
730Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
272Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3159Morohashi
303A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
260Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
260Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240sakade
394Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
319henshall3
304Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
298crowley
269Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
270Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
743Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou4Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level