Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until).
  2. to be up to the task, to come up to.
  3. to compare with, to be a match (for).
  4. to commit (a crime).
  5. to require (to do). Usu. used in the negative.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
及ぶ およぶ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

reach out, exert, exercise
およ.ぶ キュウ おい (7th, N1)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)