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運
Carry, Transport, Luck
はこ(ぶ) (hakobu)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🍀Why Does 運 Mean Both "Transport" and "Luck"? The two meanings of 運 are actually connected by an old idea: things being moved along a course. In classical Chinese thought, people's fortunes were imagined as something that could move and change over time. Good fortune could come your way, leave you, or be carried elsewhere. This is why Japanese words such as 運命 (うんめい, fate), 運勢 (うんせい, fortune), and 運がいい (うんがいい, lucky) all use 運.
Memory Trick
🚗🍀 A car(車) with a roof "carries" your "luck" along the road(⻌ ) wherever you go—that's 運.
Readings
Onyomi: ウン (un)
Kunyomi: はこ(ぶ) (hakobu)
Example Words
運ぶ
はこぶ (hakobu)
To carry
運転
うんてん (unten)
Driving
運動
うんどう (undou)
Exercise
幸運
こううん (kouun)
Good luck
Example Sentence
重い 荷物を 運びます。
おもい にもつを はこびます。
omoi nimotsu o hakobimasu
I carry heavy luggage.