泳

swim

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

エイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

およ.ぐ

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

Frequency:1223

Vocabulary

エイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
競泳	キョウエイ	competitive swimming; swimming race
水泳	スイエイ	swimming
遠泳	エンエイ	long-distance swimming
遊泳	ユウエイ	swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
泳者	エイシャ	a swimmer

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
泳ぐ	およぐ	to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
背泳ぎ	せおよぎ	backstroke (swimming)
平泳ぎ	ひらおよぎ	breaststroke (swimming)
泳ぎ	およぎ	swimming
横泳ぎ	よこおよぎ	sidestroke (swimming)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace

sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

dye, color, paint, stain, print

flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor

faction, group, party, clique, sect, school

mountain stream, valley

deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

thin, faint, pale, fleeting