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泳

泳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「永」。「およぐ」を意味する漢語｛泳｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

swim

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エイElem.
Kun (native)
  • およ(ぐ)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音yong3
  • 한글yeong
  • Hán-ViệtVịnh

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6CF3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵永

Words using this kanji

  • 泳ぐおよぐ水中を自力で、水底に触れないように移動すること。 およぐ 参照to swim, to struggle through (a crowd), to make one's way through the world, to get along (in life)
  • 泳ぎおよぎ「およぎ」の漢字表記。swimming
  • 泳者えいしゃ泳ぐ人。特に、競泳の選手。a swimmer
  • 泳法えいほう泳ぐ方法。泳ぐときの型。swimming style
  • 泳動えいどうmigration, movement, phoresis
  • 泳力えいりょく泳ぎの能力。swimming ability, swimming ability certification
  • 泳ぎ方およぎかたway of swimming
  • 泳ぎ手およぎてswimmer
  • 泳がすおよがすto let (someone) swim, to make (someone) swim, to release (fish) into the water, to set (fish) swimming
  • 泳がせるおよがせるto let (someone) swim, to make (someone) swim, to release (fish) into the water, to set (fish) swimming
  • 泳ぎだすおよぎだすto strike out, to start swimming
  • 泳ぎ回るおよぎまわるto swim around
  • 泳力認定えいりょくにんていswimming ability certification
  • 泳がせ捜査およがせそうさcontrolled delivery, arm's-length surveillance

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
3313.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a5.14
Heisig
144
Nelson
2520