Kanji 運

音読おんよみ: ウン

訓読くんよみ: はこ

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部首ぶしゅ: しんにょう(辶)

Meaning

Carry / Transport / Luck / Fate

  • Basic forms
  • 運ぶ — to carry; to transport / base form
  • 運びます — carry / masu form
  • 運んだ — carried / ta form
  • 運んで — carry and … / te-form
  • 運ばない — don’t carry / negative
  • 運べば — if (you) carry / conditional
  • 運べ — carry! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 運びたい — want to carry
  • 運べる — can carry
  • 運べた — was able to carry
  • More
  • 運ぼう — let’s carry
  • 運んでいる — is carrying

運ぶ(はこぶ) is a godan verb. It is used for carrying items, transporting goods, and figuratively for things “moving 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)
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • はこむ — to carry in; to bring inside
  • はこぶ — to carry around; to transport by hand
  • はこす — to carry out; to take outside
  • はこる — to carry away; to remove completely
  • はこげる — to carry up (to a higher place)

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.

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