Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

泳 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水戈弓水 (EINE), four-corner 3313₂, composition ⿰氵永)

1. dive
2. swim

References

• KangXi: page 619, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17328
• Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1595, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6CF3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泳
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pronunciation

Verb

泳

1. to swim

Derived terms

• 游泳 (yóuyǒng, “swim”)
• 蝶泳 (“butterfly stroke”)
• 仰泳 (yǎngyǒng), 背泳 (bèiyǒng, “backstroke”)
• 蛙泳 (wāyǒng, “breaststroke”)
• 自由泳 (zìyóuyǒng, “freestyle”)

Proper noun

泳

1. A surname​.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to swim

Readings

• Goon: よう (yō)
• Kan’on: えい (ei)
• Kun: およぐ (oyogu)

Korean

Hanja

泳 • ‎(yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 泳

Vietnamese

Han character

泳 (vịnh, vạnh)

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