The kanji 吟: meaning, readings and stroke order

吟

Meaning: recite, examine closely
On reading: ギン gin
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngâm (thơ), xem xét kỹ (ngâm)
Japanese: しをうたう。よくしらべる。
Korean: 읊다, 잘 살피다 (음)
Chinese: 吟诵、斟酌

Readings, words and example sentences

ギン gin · on reading · less common

吟ぎん味み
careful checking, careful choosing
材料を 吟ぎん味みします。
We choose the ingredients carefully.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.