音読み: ジョウ
訓読み: ゆずる
画数: 20
部首: ごんべん（言）
Meaning
Yield / Hand Over / Transfer / Give Up
- Basic forms
- 譲る — give up; hand over / base form
- 譲ります — gives up; hands over / masu form
- 譲った — gave up; handed over / ta form
- 譲って — giving up … / te form
- 譲らない — do not give up / negative
- 譲れば — if (one) gives up / conditional
- Common expressions
- 席を譲る — give up one’s seat
- 道を譲る — give way
- 権利を譲る — transfer rights
- More
- 譲っている — is yielding / state
譲る（ゆずる） is a godan transitive verb. It means to yield, give up, or hand something over, both physically (a seat) and abstractly (rights, priority).
- 譲る — to yield; to hand over; to let go
- 譲り合い — mutual concession; give-and-take
- 譲歩 — concession; compromise
- 譲渡 — transfer; conveyance (rights/property)
- 委譲 — delegation; transfer of authority or rights
- 割譲 — cession; transfer of territory
- 謙譲 — humility; modesty
- 分譲地 — residential lots for sale; land subdivision
Old form 讓: the radical 言 marks “words,” while the phonetic part (襄/讓) gives the sound and suggests a formal, elevated action. The core image is giving by declaration — handing something over through spoken agreement or ceremony. Hence 譲る covers “yield,” “transfer,” and “let someone else have it,” often with dignity and goodwill.