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詠

recitation
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingエイ
Kun readingよ.む、うた.う
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. recitationRtK
  2. poem
    その詩は無名の著者が詠んだ。The poem was composed by an anonymous author.tatoeba
    難波津を詠んだ歌Poems concerned with Naniwatsuwiki
  3. song
  4. composing
  1. to compose (a Japanese poem)
  2. to write
  3. to use as the theme of a poem
  4. to recite (e.g. a poem)
  5. to chant

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · eternity · drop (丶) · water (水)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 369

Compound words

詠むよむ
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant
朗詠ろうえい
recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
遺詠いえい
posthumous song or poem
詠歌えいか
poem (esp. tanka)
詠吟えいぎん
reciting poetry
詠唱えいしょう
aria
詠進えいしん
presentation of a poem (to the Court or a shrine)
詠草えいそう
draft poem
詠歎えいたん
exclamation
詠誦えいしょう
reciting poetry
旧詠きゅうえい
ancient poems
吟詠ぎんえい
recitation (of a Chinese or Japanese poem)
偶詠ぐうえい
impromptu poem
諷詠ふうえい
poetic composition
歌詠みうたよみ
tanka composer
一句詠むいっくよむ
to compose a poem (esp. haiku)
花鳥諷詠かちょうふうえい
the beauties of nature and the harmony that exists between it and man (as the key poetic theme of a haiku)

Additional Examples

粘葉本和漢朗詠集
Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing, the "deccho" binding-style copywiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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