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迎 = 卬 + 辶

迎 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “welcome”. It is built from 卬 (stamp album) and 辶 (road). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1837.

Keyword
welcome
RTK frame
1837
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
むか.える
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
приветствовать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
迎 receive

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卬 stamp album
  2. 辶 road

How to find 迎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stamp album” + “road”. 迎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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