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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

詠: recitation, poem

Also: song, composing

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 永 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

エイei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 朗詠ろうえいrecitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

よむyomu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 詠むよむto compose (a Japanese poem); to write
  • 詠み人知らずよみびとしらずauthor unknown; anonymous

Also read うたう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
More in the 言 speech story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

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永

Also built on eternity (永)

詠 takes the 永 family's reading, エイ (ei).

Also read エイ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
詠 recitation · 永
vs訴 accusation · 斥
詠 has 永 where 訴 has 斥.
In ChineseSimplified 咏 · traditional, as in Japanese · yǒng

Japan keeps the traditional form 詠; mainland China simplifies it to 咏.

Simplified
咏 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
詠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yǒng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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