迎 – welcome, meet, greet

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#625 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 迎 means welcome, meet, greet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲイ (gei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むか.える (mukaeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲイ	gei
Kun’yomi	むか.える	mukaeru

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: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 込・卩.

Words using 迎

迎えるむかえるto go out to meet歓迎かんげいwelcome迎えむかえmeeting出迎えでむかえ(going out and) receiving (someone)出迎えるでむかえるto meet

Example sentences

医者を迎えにやったとき彼が病気になって１週間たっていた。

He had been ill for a week when they sent for a doctor.

Tatoeba #190749

６時にホテルに車で迎えて下さい。

Please pick me up at the hotel at six o'clock.

Tatoeba #235056

彼をすぐに迎えてやることに決まった。

It was decided that he should be sent for at once.

Tatoeba #95959

Kanji with the same radical

連選通進近道運過送違述追退辺造達

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