咏 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- エイ
- Kun
- よ.む・うた.う
- Meaning
- to recite; to compose
Origin
Mouth 口 with 永 "long" as phonetic: to sing out with drawn-out voice; used like 詠.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 咏むよむ
to compose or recite a poem
- 詠歌えいか
recited verse
Example
月を見て一首を咏んだ。
Looking at the moon, they composed a verse.
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