The kanji 詠: meaning, readings and stroke order
詠
- Meaning
- recite, compose poetry
- On reading
- エイ ei
- Kun reading
- よ(む) yomu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 言 speech
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ngâm thơ, làm thơ (vịnh)
- Japanese
- しや うたを よむ。こえに だして うたう。
- Korean
- 시를 읊다, 시를 짓다 (영)
- Chinese
- 吟诵、作诗 (咏)
Readings, words and example sentences
エイ ei · on reading · less common
朗詠
reciting (a poem) aloud
詩を 朗詠します。
They recite a poem aloud.
よ(む) yomu · kun reading · less common
詠む
to compose (a poem)
春の 歌を 詠みます。
I write a poem about spring.
Practise writing 詠 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 詠 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.