伺う

うかがう · ukagau · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

humble form of 行く

🚪 伺 = person 亻 + 司 (to attend, serve): attending on someone above you

The kanji joins 亻 (person) with 司 (official, to attend). Waiting on a superior covers all three humble uses: going to them, coming to them, and asking or hearing from them. Hence うかがう replaces 行く, 来る and 聞く.

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