迎 — kanji meaning “welcome”
迎
welcome, meet, greet
- Meanings
- welcome, meet, greet
- On'yomi
- ゲイ (gei)
- Kun'yomi
- むか.える
- Name readings
- むかえ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #625 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- yíng — Chinese character page
Words with 迎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歓迎 | かんげい kangei | welcome; (warm) reception |
| 迎え | むかえ mukae | meeting; greeting; welcome |
| 迎える | むかえる mukaeru | to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome |
| 出迎え | でむかえ demukae | (going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up |
| 迎撃 | げいげき geigeki | intercept; interception; counter-attack |
| 迎え撃つ | むかえうつ mukaeutsu | to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront |
| 送迎 | そうげい sougei | seeing off and meeting on return |
| 迎合 | げいごう geigou | ingratiation; pandering; catering (to) |
| 迎賓館 | げいひんかん geihinkan | reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house |
| 出迎える | でむかえる demukaeru | to meet; to greet |
| 送り迎え | おくりむかえ okurimukae | seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro |
| お迎え | おむかえ omukae | receiving; welcoming; going to meet |
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