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泳 = 水 + 永

泳 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “swim”. It is built from 水 (water) and 永 (eternity). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 144.

Keyword
swim
RTK frame
144
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
およ.ぐ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
плавать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
泳 dive

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 永 eternity

How to find 泳 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “eternity”. 泳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 泳 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.