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Kanji Detail for 迎 - "to welcome"

迎

  • Meaning

    迎 means "to welcome." Also associated with to accommodate, to fetch.

    1. To welcome - To receive; to await someone's arrival; to greet.

    2. To accommodate - To match others' feelings; to please.

    3. To fetch - To go and bring back.

  • Words using 迎

    • 歓迎 かんげい Listen welcome; (warm) reception
    • 迎賓館 げいひんかん Listen reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
    • 迎え むかえ Listen meeting; greeting; welcome
    • 迎撃 げいげき Listen intercept; interception; counter-attack
    • 出迎える でむかえる Listen to meet; to greet
    • 出迎え でむかえ Listen (going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up
    • 送迎 そうげい Listen seeing off and meeting on return
    • 大歓迎 だいかんげい Listen big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome

  • Four-character idioms with 迎

    • 阿付迎合 あふげいごう Listen ingratiation; sycophancy
    • 阿諛迎合 あゆげいごう Listen ingratiation; sycophancy

  • Tattoo check: 迎

    • Verified meaning: to welcome
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぎょう, げい, むかい, むかえ)
    • Also carries these associations: to accommodate, to fetch

    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 迎

    Surnames 迎(ぎょう)Listen 迎(げい)Listen 迎(むかい)Listen 迎(むかえ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    welcome; meet; greet

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    receive, welcome, greet

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to welcome, to receive, to greet

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

    To meet. Facing something coming and looking up to receive it. Such as 送迎 (see off and meet), 歡迎 (welcome), 迎風 (face the wind), 迎刃 (meet the blade). | Anticipating is also called 迎. Such as guessing others' anger or joy and accommodating their wishes is called 迎合 (cater to), 逢迎 (pander to). | To welcome. Such as the personal welcoming in marriage ceremonies. When something comes and one receives it, read Level tone. When going to welcome something that hasn't arrived yet, read Departing tone.

  • Onyomi

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    gei(ゲイ) ゲイ

  • Kunyomi

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    muka.eru(むか-える) むか-える

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to welcome to accommodate to fetch invite receive greet embrace hail host attend await bring salute usher entertain arrival acknowledge

Sentences including 迎

  • He will call for me about six.

  • Thank you very much for coming to see me.

  • Do you want me to wait until you come for me?

  • The family received me very warmly.

  • Please let me pick up your sister at the station.

  • We are glad to have you in our class.

  • Hope you had a good birthday.

  • I will pick you up around six.

  • Hope you'll have a wonderful birthday.

  • I'm proud to have you on our team.

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