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詠
On'yomi
エイ
EI
Kun'yomi
よ.む・うた.う
yomu / utau
recitation · poem · song · composing
beautiful
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Frequency#2000
Radical言speech(7)
Old Form詠
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Component Breakdown
詠=
言永
speech + 永
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of words and eternal. Spinning words eternally.
Symbolism
Recitation, poem, poetry. Represents composing poetry.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Composing waka poetry
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
花鳥諷詠
かちょうふうえい
the beauties of nature and the harmony that exists between it and man (as the key poetic theme of a haiku); the beauties of nature and the harmony that exists between it and man (as the key poetic theme of a haiku)
Proverbs & Idioms
詠み人知らず
よみびとしらず
Author unknown
A poem of unknown authorship