Kanji N3

迎: welcome, meet, greet

迎 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning welcome, meet, greet, written with 7 strokes. It is read ゲイ (on) and むかえる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 歓迎 (かんげい, welcome) and 迎え (むかえ, meeting).

迎

Meanings

  • welcome
  • meet
  • greet
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#625 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゲイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • むかえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 迎

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 歓迎かんげい

    welcome; (warm) reception

    JLPT N3
  • 迎えむかえ

    meeting; greeting; welcome

    JLPT N3
  • 迎えるむかえる

    to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome

    JLPT N4
  • 出迎えるでむかえる

    to meet; to greet

    JLPT N2
  • 出迎えでむかえ

    (going out and) receiving (someone)

    JLPT N2
  • 送迎そうげい

    seeing off and meeting on return

  • 迎撃げいげき

    intercept; interception; counter-attack

  • 迎賓館げいひんかん

    reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.