Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
2000 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 12
Meaning: recitation, poem, song, composing
Kunyomi: よ.む うた.う
Onyomi: エイ
Composition: 言 永
Radical: 言
Meaning: speech
詠 (エイ) recitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem), composed poem
詠歌 (エイカ) poem (esp. tanka), song, composition of a poem or song, pilgrim's song, pilgrim's hymn, singing a poem or song in a loud voice
朗詠 (ロウエイ) recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
遺詠 (イエイ) posthumous song or poem
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), to chant, to intone
歌う (うたう) to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)