Memory phrase for the character: 迎

迎

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Meaning

greet, welcome, meet, invite

Pronunciation

GEI
mukaeru

Explanation

 Left: movement 辶, right: 卬 (at the left an odd person 人 who bows down 卩 deeply at the right)

Mnemonic
 
The movement of an odd person bowing down deeply is a: Greeting.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus with the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
卬 bowing personOn the left is a side view of a person with the head bowed to the right. On the right it is bowed much deeper 卩, when: bowing.
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

歓迎宴 かんげいえん  welcome party​
出迎え でむかえ  meeting, reception
出迎える でむかえる  to meet, to greet
歓迎 かんげい  welcome, reception
迎え むかえ  meeting, person sent to pick up an arrival
迎える むかえる  to go out to meet

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