迎
迎 — Welcome
welcome, meet, greet
On’yomiゲイ (gei)
Kun’yomiむかえる (mukaeru)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 迎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歓迎 | かんげい kangei | welcome; (warm) reception |
| 迎賓館 | げいひんかん geihinkan | 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 mukae | meeting; greeting; welcome |
| 迎撃 | げいげき geigeki | intercept; interception; counter-attack |
| 出迎える | でむかえる demukaeru | to meet; to greet |
| 出迎え | でむかえ demukae | (going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up |
Study notes
迎 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #625 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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