咏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 声を永く引いて詩歌を歌う。
  2. 詩歌。
  3. 眺望。
  4. 見わたす。
  5. 和歌をつくる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」 + 音符「永」。「うたう」を意味する漢語{詠}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

recitation, poem, song, composing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エイ
Kun (native)
  • よ(む)
  • うた(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音yong3
  • 한글yeong
  • Hán-ViệtVịnh

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+548F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口永

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Lookup codes

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1-3-5
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6303.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a5.14
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902