EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to lift up; to hold up; to hold above eye level

    彼は平和のために一生を捧げた。
    He dedicated his life to peace.
  2. to give; to offer; to consecrate

  3. to devote; to sacrifice; to dedicate

Also written 献げる【ささげる】

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Characters in this word

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lift up, give, offer, consecrate, sacrifice, dedicate

Kun
ささ.げる
On
ホウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2286 of 2500
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.12The Kanji Dictionary
5505.3Four corner code
6367Unicode hex code
1-42-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1939Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2199New Nelson (John Haig)
491New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
594Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
447Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2265Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2364Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1318Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
12189Morohashi
peng3Pinyin reading
bongKorean reading