Keyword
dedicate
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig1695
Readings
ほう
(55%)
ぶ
(19%)
まつ
(8%)
ぽう
(6%)
Composed of
three people
two
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)
rod
dedicate with both hands
stipend
Used in vocabulary (122 in total)
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
magistrate; shogunate administrator
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
adherent; devotee; believer
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
magistrate's office
servant; employee
(Edo-period) town magistrate
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
restoration of imperial rule
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
hosho paper; emperor's message; shogun's message
servant (of the people); minister (of religion)
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
voluntary social service
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot magistrate
restoring (power, etc.) to the emperor
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
labor service; labour service
magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)
obeying; observing; following
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude
choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization
presentation (to someone of high status); submitting; offering
hosho paper; traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper made from high-quality mulberry wood
dedication; presentation; consecration; offer (to a shrine)
the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
reply to the throne
Uraga magistrate (oversaw inspection of ships and cargo entering Edo Bay via Uraga; Edo period)
return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
ritual matches held at a shrine
votive offering of money
place of employment
serving as a concubine
report given to deity or nobility
inquiring about (one's health)
respectful congratulations
to serve; to build as commanded
offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
early Japanese Christian
school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education (pre-WWII)
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
support given to a temple or shrine
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
person who fusses over how to grill and eat the meat at a yakiniku meal; (lit.) yakiniku magistrate
service organization; service club; volunteer group
bearing; presenting; holding up (emperor's picture)
receiving an imperial decree; obeying an imperial decree
carrying out the will of one's lord
respectful reading
imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies
person who takes charge of cooking at a group teppanyaki meal; (lit.) griddle magistrate
indentured servant; articled apprentice
serving; attending on someone
command sanctioned by the emperor; imperial command
reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree
dedicatory match; ceremonial match
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
humbly presenting something; reverently offering
working as a servant for a series of masters
return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
bargain goods; sale items
to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
receiving (order, etc.) reverently
Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)
inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
offering; sacrifice
offering; sacrifice
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot magistrate
moving an object of worship
obeying; observing; following
serving as a concubine
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
indentured servant; articled apprentice
to praise; to render homage to
dedicatory ceremony
offertory; offertory music
seeing an emperor off
votive lantern
votive lantern
domestic service; working as a housemaid; domestic help; domestic helper
monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine
first apprenticeship
stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
Examples (8 in total)
Serving people is his sole purpose in life.
We must always try to serve others.
A politician should serve the people.