Meet 迎 in situations from picking someone up to welcoming a new teacher. Learn each reading with its whole word.

The idea

迎 has 7 strokes; follow the linked diagram. 迎える（むかえる） means to meet or receive; 歓迎（かんげい） means welcome. 迎え（むかえ） can refer to a pickup.

Examples

  • 駅えきに友達ともだちを迎むかえに行いきます。I will go to the station to meet my friend.
  • 空港くうこうで家族かぞくを迎むかえました。I met my family at the airport.
  • 新あたらしい先生せんせいを歓迎かんげいします。We welcome the new teacher.
  • 子こどもを迎むかえに学校がっこうへ行いきます。I will go to the school to pick up my child.
  • 来月らいげつ、結婚けっこん十周年しゅうねんを迎むかえます。Next month we will celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary.
  • 迎むかえの車くるまは入口いりぐちに来きます。The car picking us up will come to the entrance.

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Watch out

迎えに行く means going to meet or pick someone up; 歓迎する expresses a welcome. 迎える can also describe reaching an anniversary, without meeting a person.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 迎える in hiragana.

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    むかえる

    迎える is むかえる: for example, meet family at the airport. Remember the reading with the verb ending.

  2. Write the reading of 歓迎 in hiragana.

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    かんげい

    歓迎 is かんげい: it can describe welcoming a new teacher. Learn both kanji together.

  3. Choose the missing kanji: 歓＿（かんげい）［迎／送］.

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    迎

    迎 completes 歓迎（かんげい）, a welcome. 送 instead relates to sending or seeing someone off.

Use it today

Write 迎 using the diagram. Read 迎える and 歓迎 aloud, then make a sentence about meeting someone.