迎
greet, meet, welcome
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:7
JLPT:3
Frequency:625
Vocabulary
ゲイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歓迎 | カンゲイ | welcome; (warm) reception |
| 迎撃 | ゲイゲキ | intercept; interception; counter-attack |
| 迎賓館 | ゲイヒンカン | reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto) |
| 送迎 | ソウゲイ | seeing off and meeting on return |
| 迎合 | ゲイゴウ | ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迎え | むかえ | meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor |
| 迎える | むかえる | to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to call for; to summon; to invite; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife); to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death) |
| 出迎え | でむかえ | meeting; reception |
| 出迎える | でむかえる | to meet; to greet |
| 迎え撃つ | むかえうつ | to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
近
akin, early, near, tantamount
Grade 2JLPT 4
込
(kokuji), crowded, in bulk, included, mixture
Grade 8JLPT 3
辺
border, boundary, environs, vicinity
Grade 4JLPT 2
迅
fast, swift
Grade 8JLPT 1
逆
inverted, opposite, reverse, wicked
Grade 5JLPT 2
迭
alternation, transfer
Grade 8JLPT 1
逓
in turn, relay, sending
Grade 8JLPT 1
造
create, make, physique, structure
Grade 5JLPT 2
迫
force, imminent, spur on, urge
Grade 8JLPT 1
逝
departed, die
Grade 8JLPT 1