運

音読おんよみ: ウン

訓読くんよみ: はこ

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: 辶(しんにょう)

Meaning

Carry / Transport / Luck / Fate

  • Basic forms
  • 運ぶ — to carry; to transport / base form
  • 運びます — (I) carry / masu form
  • 運んだ — carried / ta form
  • 運んで — carry and …; please carry / te-form
  • 運ばない — don’t carry / negative form
  • 運べば — if (you) carry / conditional
  • 運べ — carry! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 運びたい — want to carry / 〜たい form
  • 運べる — can carry; be able to carry / potential
  • 運べた — was able to carry / past potential
  • 運べない — cannot carry / negative potential
  • More
  • 運ぼう — let’s carry / 〜よう form
  • 運ばなかった — didn’t carry / past negative
  • 運んでいる — is carrying; in the process of being carried / progressive

運ぶ(はこぶ) is a godan verb ending in ぶ. Stem alternates ぶ → び → ん, giving forms like 運ぶ・運びます・運んで・運んだ. It is used for carrying items, transporting goods, or figuratively for “moving something forward.”

  • 運転うんてん — driving
  • 運動うんどう — exercise
  • 運命うんめい — fate
  • うんがいい — lucky
  • 運送うんそう — shipping, transport
  • 運休うんきゅう — service suspension (transport)

The kanji 運 combines 辶 (movement path) with 軍 (military), indicating something being moved or carried, such as supplies. Over time, it also came to represent "fate" or "luck" as something that moves or turns in life.

荷物にもつくるまはこびました。
I transported the luggage by car.

かれうんがいいとおもいます。
I think he's lucky.

命
Creates
運命うんめい — fate
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