泳

Meaning

Swim · nadar

Readings

• On (音読み): エイ
• Kun (訓読み): およ.ぐ

Example words

• 泳ぐ（およぐ）— to swim
• 水泳（すいえい）— swimming
• 平泳ぎ（ひらおよぎ）— breaststroke

Structure

Radical 水 written as 氵 here (スイ・みず · Water; canonical form of 氵) · 8 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

Water + 永 (eternal): swimming is endless water. 泳ぐ is godan: 泳いで, 泳がない. "Nadar en la piscina" takes で, not に: プールで泳ぐ. Look-alikes: 永 and 氷 (ice) are both 水 plus a dot — on top = 永, on the left = 氷.