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swim

HSK 3 N2
yǒng
エイ
およ.ぐ
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 永 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
Phonetic component
yǒng eternity
long, perpetual, eternal, forever
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[yǒng]
swimming; to swim
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
えい
Ei female given name
えいじ
Eiji unclassified name