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Kanji Detail for 泳 - "to swim, swimming"

泳

  • Meaning

    泳 means "to swim, swimming."

    1. Swim - To move through water.

    2. Swimming - The act of propelling through water.

  • Words using 泳

    • 水泳 すいえい Listen swimming
    • 競泳 きょうえい Listen competitive swimming; swimming race
    • 平泳ぎ ひらおよぎ Listen breaststroke (swimming)
    • 泳ぎ およぎ Listen swimming
    • 背泳ぎ せおよぎ Listen backstroke (swimming)

  • Tattoo check: 泳

    • Verified meaning: to swim, swimming
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えい, えいじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 泳

    Given names 泳(えい)Listen

    Surnames 泳(えいじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    swim

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dive; swim

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    swimming; to swim

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to swim, to dive

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Moving underwater.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ei(エイ) エイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oyo.gu(およ-ぐ) およ-ぐ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    swim swimming aquatic pool water float backstroke breaststroke butterfly freestyle paddle diving

Sentences including 泳

  • I was swimming in the river.

  • She boasts that she can swim well.

  • The man swimming in the river is my friend.

  • It's a cinch to learn to swim.

  • He taught me how to swim.

  • Father can swim , but mother cannot.

  • I could swim well when i was a boy.

  • He was too old to swim.

  • We went swimming in the river yesterday.

  • He swam across the river.

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