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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

625 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: welcome, meet, greet

Kunyomi: むか.える

Onyomi: ゲイ

Composition: 卬 辶

迎

Radical

Radical: 辵

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

迎賓館(げいひんかん)   reception hall

送迎バス(そうげいバス)   a pick up and drop off bus

迎合する(げいごうする)   flatter, ingratiate

歓迎する(かんげいする)   welcome, give warm reception

迎える(むかえる)   go to meet, pick up

送り迎え(おくりむかえ)   dropping off and picking up

Onyomi Examples

迎賓館 (ゲイヒンカン) reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries), guest house, State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)

迎撃 (ゲイゲキ) intercept, interception, counter-attack

奉迎 (ホウゲイ) welcome

盛んな歓迎 (サカンナカンゲイ) cordial reception

Kunyomi Examples

迎える (むかえる) to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to call for, to summon, to invite, to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife), to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death)

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