吟

versify, singing, recital

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ギン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1956

Vocabulary

ギン

Word	Reading	Meaning
吟味	ギンミ	close examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection; inquiry; enquiry; scrutiny; testing; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
吟遊詩人	ギンユウシジン	(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
吟醸酒	ギンジョウシュ	ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
愛吟	アイギン	love of reciting or singing favourite poems or songs
詠吟	エイギン	reciting poetry

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
口吟む	くちずさむ	to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
吟じる	ぎんじる	to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
断吟	たんぎん	(in Japan) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp)
痛め吟味	いためぎんみ	torture (in the Edo-period)
吟ずる	ぎんずる	to chant; to recite; to sing; to write (a poem); to compose

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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display, offer, present, send, exhibit

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blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke

nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call

spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)

shout, exclaim, yell

officer, an official