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咏 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
エイえい · ei
Kun
よ.む・うた.うyo.mu · uta.u
Meaning
to recite; to compose

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 永 "long" as phonetic: to sing out with drawn-out voice; used like 詠.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咏むよむ

    to compose or recite a poem

  • 詠歌えいか

    recited verse

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

月(つき)を見(み)て一(いち)首(しゅ)を咏んだ。

Looking at the moon, they composed a verse.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

詠歌詠歌咏歌song詠recite叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!兌to exc…泄to lea…郢the ca…塋gravey…楹a pill…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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