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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

1223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: swim

Kunyomi: およ.ぐ

Onyomi: エイ

Composition: 氵 永

泳

Radical

Radical: 水

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

水泳(すいえい)   swimming

競泳(きょうえい)   swimming race

遠泳(えんえい)   long-distance swimming

泳ぐ(およぐ)   swim

平泳ぎ(ひらおよぎ)   breaststroke

Onyomi Examples

泳者 (エイシャ) a swimmer

泳動 (エイドウ) migration, movement, phoresis

遠泳 (エンエイ) long-distance swimming

着衣泳 (チャクイエイ) swimming fully-clothed

Kunyomi Examples

泳ぐ (およぐ) to swim, to struggle through (a crowd), to make one's way through the world, to get along (in life), to totter, to lose one's balance

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