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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(すいえい)   swimming

(きょうえい)   swimming race

(えんえい)   long-distance swimming

ぐ(およぐ)   swim

ぎ(ひらおよぎ)   breaststroke

Onyomi Examples

エイシャ a swimmer

エイドウ migration, movement, phoresis

エンエイ long-distance swimming

着衣 チャクイエイ swimming fully-clothed

Kunyomi Examples

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