Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
Variants:
recitation, poem, song, composing
Kun:
よ.むうた.う
On:
エイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2000 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 詠 【エイ】 recitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem), composed poem
  • 詠歌 【エイカ】 poem (esp. tanka), song, composition of a poem or song, pilgrim's song, pilgrim's hymn, singing a poem or song in a loud voice
  • 朗詠 【ロウエイ】 recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
  • 遺詠 【イエイ】 posthumous song or poem

Kun reading compounds

  • 詠む 【よむ】 to compose (a Japanese poem), to write, to use as the theme of a poem, to recite (e.g. a poem), to chant, to intone
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)

Readings

Japanese names:
うた、 え、 ええ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong3
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

  • recital
  • composición
  • poesía
  • recitar
  • componer
  • escribir poesía

Portuguese

  • recital
  • poema
  • canção
  • composição

French

  • composer (un poème)
  • récitation
  • poème
  • chanson
1016 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1942 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4336 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1161 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1749 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1664 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1209 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1272 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1905 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1669 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1894 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1004 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1360 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
351 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35409 Morohashi
1500 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5584 New Nelson (John Haig)
345 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
369 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1583 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3042 2001 Kanji
7a5.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0363.2 Four corner code
1-17-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a60 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
chant, recite, call upon, yell
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 唱和 【ショウワ】 cheering in chorus, saying in unison
  • 唱歌 【ショウカ】 singing, song, music class (at pre-WWII schools), song for music classes
  • 斉唱 【セイショウ】 singing in unison, chanting in unison
  • 主唱 【シュショウ】 advocacy, promotion

Kun reading compounds

  • 唱える 【となえる】 to recite, to chant, to cry, to yell, to shout, to advocate, to advance, to preach, to insist

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang4
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • cantar
  • recitar

Portuguese

  • canto
  • recital
  • gritar

French

  • chant
  • choeur
  • réciter
  • invoquer
  • hurlement
430 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
538 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
508 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1062 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
814 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1137 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1284 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1646 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1759 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1809 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
306 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
555 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3765 Morohashi
462 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
829 New Nelson (John Haig)
21 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
21 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
568 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3778 2001 Kanji
3d8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
6606.0 Four corner code
1-30-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5531 Unicode hex code