Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

迎: welcome, meet

Also: greet

JLPT N37 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻌ carries the meaning · 卬 gives the sound

7 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ゲイgei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 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

むかえるmukaeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 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

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“This swooping radical is the winding road you walk upon! It curves under the rest of the kanji like a path being carved through a landscape.”
More in the 辶 road story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
卬

Also built on 卬

The 卬 family reads キョウ (kyou); 迎 is read ゲイ.

⻌

Also built on road (⻌)

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Also read ゲイ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
迎 welcome · ⻌
vs仰 face-up · 亻
迎 has ⻌ where 仰 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yíng

Same form: 迎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
迎 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
迎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yíng 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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