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泳

swim
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingエイ
Kun readingおよ.ぐ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. swimRtK
  1. to swim
  2. to struggle through (a crowd)
  3. to make one's way through the world
  4. to get along (in life)
  5. to totter

Popular Usage

泳ぐ水泳泳ぎ方泳ぎ

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · eternity

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 144

Compound words

泳ぐおよぐ
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter
水泳すいえい
swimming
泳ぎおよぎ
swimming
遠泳えんえい
long-distance swimming
競泳きょうえい
competitive swimming; swimming race
背泳ぎせおよぎ
backstroke (swimming)
平泳ぎひらおよぎ
breaststroke (swimming)
泳法えいほう
swimming style
側泳そばえい
side stroke
力泳りきえい
powerful swimming
游泳ゆうえい
swimming
横泳ぎよこおよぎ
sidestroke (swimming)

On Reading Examples

私は夏には水泳をする。すいえい
I swim in the summer.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

私は泳げません。およぐ
I don't know how to swim.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は浮くことさえできない。まして泳げない。
He can't even float let alone swim.tatoeba
彼は彼女と同様泳げない。
He can't swim like she can.tatoeba
彼は背泳ぎができる。
He can swim on his back.tatoeba
彼は年老いていたので泳げなかった。
He was too old to swim.tatoeba
川の上に色とりどりの布が泳ぐさまは観光の目玉にもなる美しさだ。
The scene of colorful clothes swimming in the river is so beautiful as to become a key element of sightseeing.wiki
泳ぎはさほど上手くなく、遊泳速度は遅い。
They are not very good swimmers, and they swim slowly.wiki
そこから、興義は、自由気儘に泳ぎだした。
So, Kogi began to swim as he liked.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 泳

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