泳 — yeong

Parts that make up 泳

How 泳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 泳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 永.

Korean example words with 泳

• 원영遠泳 Korean gloss: 먼 거리를 헤엄치는 일
• 수영하다水泳 Korean gloss: 스포츠나 놀이로서 물속을 헤엄치다
• 수영복水泳服 Korean gloss: 수영할 때에 입는 옷
• 수영모水泳帽 Korean gloss: 수영할 때에 쓰는 모자
• 유영력游泳力 Korean gloss: 헤엄을 칠 수 있는 힘
• 수영광水泳狂 Korean gloss: 수영을 열광적으로 좋아하는 사람
• 수영용水泳用 Korean gloss: 수영을 할 때 쓰임. 또는 그러한 물건
• 수영계水泳界 Korean gloss: 수영에 관한 일에 종사하는 사람들의 활동 분야
• 수영부水泳部 Korean gloss: 학교나 회사 따위에서, 수영을 함께 하는 조직
• 영법泳法 Korean gloss: 헤엄치는 방법.
• 유영游泳 Korean gloss: 이리저리 떠돌아다니는 일.
• 속영速泳 Korean gloss: 속도를 빨리 내는 수영 방법.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 泳

• 水泳すいえい swimming
• 競泳きょうえい competitive swimming; swimming race
• 平泳ぎひらおよぎ breaststroke (swimming)
• 泳ぐおよぐ to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world
• 泳ぎおよぎ swimming
• 背泳ぎせおよぎ backstroke (swimming)
• 遊泳ゆうえい swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
• 泳者えいしゃ a swimmer
• 遠泳えんえい long-distance swimming
• 泳法えいほう swimming style
• 側泳そばえい side stroke
• 力泳りきえい powerful swimming

Characters sharing the phonetic 永

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “영”

Other hanja with radical 水