運

音読おんよみ: ウン

訓読くんよみ: はこ

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 辶(しんにょう)

Meaning

carry, transport, luck, fate


  • 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.

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