Kanji 吟: "versify, singing, recital"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 吟

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 吟ぎん味みclose examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection · investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt
• 吟ぎん遊ゆう詩し人じん(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
• 吟ぎんrecitation (of a poem); chanting; singing · composition (of a poem); composed poem
• 呻しん吟ぎんmoaning; groaning
• 吟ぎんじるto chant; to sing; to recite · to write (a poem); to compose
• 詩し吟ぎんreciting Chinese poems
• 大だい吟ぎん醸じょうtop-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
• 吟ぎんずるto chant; to recite; to sing · to write (a poem); to compose
• 苦く吟ぎんlaborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
• 微び吟ぎんreciting poetry or singing in a soft voice
• 吟ぎん詠えいrecitation (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); chanting; singing · composition (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); composed poem
• 口こう吟ぎんhumming to oneself

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