泳 – swim

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#1223 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 泳 means swim. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エイ (ei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is およ.ぐ (oyogu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エイ	ei
Kun’yomi	およ.ぐ	oyogu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・水・丶.

Words using 泳

泳ぐおよぐto swim水泳すいえいswimming泳ぎおよぎswimming

Example sentences

この湖で泳ぐのは危険だと思うんだ。

I think it is dangerous to swim in the lake.

Tatoeba #160923

水泳が私の楽しみの１つです。

Swimming is one thing I enjoy.

Tatoeba #143698

泳ぎを身につけるのは簡単なことだ。

It's a cinch to learn to swim.

Tatoeba #189261

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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