The kanji 迎: meaning, readings and stroke order

迎

Meaning: welcome, meet
On reading: ゲイ gei
Kun reading: むか（える） mukaeru
Strokes: 7
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đón (nghênh)
Japanese: むかえる。
Korean: 맞이하다 (영)
Chinese: 迎接

Readings, words and example sentences

ゲイ gei · on reading · less common

歓かん迎げい
welcome
新入生を 歓かん迎げいします。
We welcome the new students.

むか（える） mukaeru · kun reading

迎むかえる
to meet, to welcome
駅まで友だちを 迎むかえに 行きます。
I go to the station to meet my friend.

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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.