Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

エイ recitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem), composed poem

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

ロウエイ recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

イエイ posthumous song or poem

Kunyomi Examples

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)