奉 – Kanji details

Keyword

dedicate

Info

Frequency	Top 1500-1600
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 3
Heisig	1695
Readings	ほう (55%) ぶ (21%) たてまつ (8%) まつ (7%) ぽう (6%)
	ぼうささ

Composed of

𡗗

three people

二

two

丨

stick

Mnemonic

On the bottom we have a pictograph of an utility pole which is dedicated to at least three people.

Used in kanji (3 in total)

棒

rod

捧

dedicate with both hands

俸

stipend

Used in vocabulary (105 in total)

奉ほう仕し

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

奉たてまつる

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

奉ほう公こう

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

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Examples (8 in total)

人ひと々びとに奉ほう仕しすることが、彼かれの人じん生せいの唯ゆい一いつの目もく的てきだ。

Serving people is his sole purpose in life.

我われ々われは常つねに人ひとに奉ほう仕しするように努つとめなければならない。

We must always try to serve others.

政せい治じ家かは国こく民みんのために奉ほう仕しすべきだ。

A politician should serve the people.

科か学がく技ぎ術じゅつは人じん類るいに奉ほう仕ししなければ、それ自じ体たいでは無む意い味みである。

Technology is in itself meaningless unless it serves mankind.

彼かれの信しん奉ぽう者しゃたちは彼かれを賢けん明めいで勇ゆう敢かんな人ひとだと尊そん敬けいしていた。

All his followers looked up to him as a wise and courageous man.

彼かの女じょはフロイトの信しん奉ぽう者しゃだ。

She is a follower of Freud.

知ち事じは戦せん死しした兵へい士したちに記き念ねん碑ひを奉ほう納のうした。

The governor dedicated the memorial to the soldiers who died in the war.

学がく生せい達たちは地ち域いき社しゃ会かいへの奉ほう仕しを志し願がんした。

The students volunteered for community service.