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welcome
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingゲイ
Kun readingむか.える
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. welcomeRtK
    彼は出かけた先々で歓迎された。He was welcomed wherever he went.tatoeba
    彼は至る所で歓迎された。He was welcomed everywhere.tatoeba
  2. greet
  3. meet
    彼は先生を迎えに走っていった。He ran off to meet his teacher.tatoeba
  1. to go out to meet
  2. to receive
  3. to welcome
  4. to greet
  5. to salute

Popular Usage

迎える歓迎

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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stamp album · box (口) · stamps · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1837

Compound words

迎えるむかえる
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute
歓迎かんげい
welcome; (warm) reception
迎えむかえ
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
迎撃げいげき
intercept; interception; counter-attack
迎合げいごう
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
送迎そうげい
seeing off and meeting on return
迎賓館げいひんかん
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
出迎えでむかえ
meeting; reception
大歓迎だいかんげい
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
迎え撃つむかえうつ
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
出迎えるでむかえる
to meet; to greet
迎春げいしゅん
New Year's greeting, welcoming the new year
歓迎会かんげいかい
welcome party
迎撃つむかえうつ
to meet (the enemy) and attack
阿諛迎合あゆげいごう
ingratiation
歓送迎会かんそうげいかい
party to welcome (e.g. new employees) and send off (e.g. retiring employees)
迎えうつむかえうつ
to meet (the enemy) and attack
迎え打つむかえうつ
to meet (the enemy) and attack
迎え討つむかえうつ
to meet (the enemy) and attack
歓迎するかんげいする
welcome
迎え入れるむかえいれる
to welcome in, to usher in
お迎えするおむかえする

On Reading Examples

あの党はいつも中流階級に迎合しています。げいごう
That party is always pandering to the middle class.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は心から彼女を迎えた。
He greeted her with cordiality.tatoeba
陸軍中佐で終戦を迎える。
The War finished while he was an Army Commander.wiki
平成元年 創業三百年を迎える。
1989: They celebrated their tricentennial anniversary.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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