Mnemonic
A storm hits while you're stranded at sea. Waves crash for what feels like an eternity. Your only hope of survival is to swim. You swim and swim through the storm, each desperate stroke feeling like an eternity, until at last you drag yourself onto the shore.
Additional thoughts
Visualize yourself alone in a raging ocean storm, swimming endlessly. The water radical (storm) wraps around eternity (永) to form 泳. The desperation of swimming through an eternal storm burns the image in.Quick recall
Caught in a storm lasting an eternity, you must swim to survive.Details
The keyword for 泳 is swim. This kanji refers to the act of propelling oneself through water using bodily movements. It encompasses all forms of swimming, whether for recreation, exercise, or survival, and conveys the fundamental concept of moving through water by one's own effort.
- On'yomi
- えい
- Kun'yomi
- およ.ぐ