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The Kanji Map

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: 言 永

詠

Radical

Radical: 言

Meaning: speech

Reading: げん

Frequency: 861

Alternative forms:

訁(alt radical position hen)

言

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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)

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