詠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

recitation, poem, song, composing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エイJHS
Kun (native)
  • よ(む)HS
  • うた(う)
Nanori (used in names)
  • うた
  • ええ
Other languages
  • 拼音yong3
  • 한글yeong
  • Hán-ViệtVịnh

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8A60

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言永

Words using this kanji

  • 詠むよむto compose (a Japanese poem), to write, to use as the theme of a poem, to recite (e.g. a poem)
  • 詠み人知らずよみびとしらずauthor unknown, anonymous
  • えいrecitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem)
  • 詠歌えいか歌を詠むこと。 詩歌をよみあげること。 「御詠歌」のこと。poem (esp. tanka), song, composition of a poem or song, pilgrim's song
  • 詠吟えいぎん節を付けて詩歌を歌うこと。また、つくること。朗詠。吟詠。reciting poetry
  • 詠唱えいしょうを付けて詩歌をこと。吟唱。吟詠。 アリア。 文章(または呪文)に節をつけてことで、にをたり魔術を発動させたりすること。aria, singing, chanting, reciting (e.g. a spell)
  • 詠進えいしん詩歌を詠んで神社や宮中に献上すること。presentation of a poem (to the Court or a shrine)
  • 詠草えいそう和歌や俳句の下書き。draft poem
  • 詠誦えいしょうreciting poetry
  • 詠嘆えいたん長く声を引いて歌うこと。 感動を声に出すこと。 感嘆すること。exclamation, admiration
  • 詠史えいし歴史上の事柄や人物を詩歌に詠むこと。また、その詩歌。historical poem or epic
  • 詠み人よみびとcomposer (of a poem), writer
  • 詠み手よみてwriter (of a poem), composer (of a poem)
  • 詠じるえいじるto compose (e.g. poem), to recite, to intone, to chant
  • 詠ずるえいずるto compose (e.g. poem), to recite, to intone, to chant
  • 詠春拳えいしゅんけん徒手を中心とし、練習に木人樁と呼ばれる木の人形を用いる中国の武術の一つ。Wing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
  • 詠叙唱えいじょしょうarioso
  • 詠み込むよみこむto include (a season word, place name, etc.) in a poem

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(34 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-5
Four Corner
0363.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a5.14
Heisig
369
Nelson
4336