Jisho

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7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
welcome, meet, greet
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
625 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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)
  • 迎撃 【ゲイゲキ】 intercept, interception, counter-attack
  • 奉迎 【ホウゲイ】 welcome
  • 盛んな歓迎 【サカンナカンゲイ】 cordial reception

Kun reading compounds

  • 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)

Readings

Japanese names:
むかえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying2
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

  • bienvenida
  • recibir
  • ir a recibir

Portuguese

  • receber bem
  • reunião
  • saudar

French

  • accueil
  • rencontrer
  • saluer
1207 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
726 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4669 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1062 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
949 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1055 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1098 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1133 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
680 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3796 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1939 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2632 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1717 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38748P Morohashi
3059 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6019 New Nelson (John Haig)
1702 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1837 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1145 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2644 2001 Kanji
2q4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-23-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fce Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
V.I.P., guest
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1677 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor
  • 賓格 【ヒンカク】 objective case
  • 国賓 【コクヒン】 state guest
  • 来賓 【ライヒン】 guest, visitor, visitor's arrival

Kun reading compounds

  • 客賓 【まろうど】 visitor from afar, guest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bin1
Korean:
bin

Spanish

  • invitado importante
  • cliente importante

Portuguese

  • V.I.P.
  • convidado especial

French

  • V.I.P
  • hôte
  • invité d'honneur
1744 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1761 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1732 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1783 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1852 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2008 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1662 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1739 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2982 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1524 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
195 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36788X Morohashi
2357 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1365 New Nelson (John Haig)
511 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
550 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1803 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
761 2001 Kanji
3m12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
3080.6 Four corner code
1-41-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cd3 Unicode hex code