Kanji
詠
N1
12 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2000
recitation, poem, song, composing
On'yomi (音読み)
エイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
よ.む、 うた.う
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
朗詠
ろうえい
recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
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)
御詠歌
ごえいか
pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn
献詠
けんえい
poem offering
詠史
えいし
historical poem or epic
近詠
きんえい
recent poem
題詠
だいえい
poetry composed on a set theme
詠叙唱
えいじょしょう
arioso
諷詠
ふうえい
poetic composition
芳詠
ほうえい
poem
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
詠む
よむ
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write
詠み人知らず
よみびとしらず
author unknown; anonymous
詠み手
よみて
writer (of a poem); composer (of a poem)
詠じる
えいじる
to compose (e.g. poem)
詠み込む
よみこむ
to include (a season word, place name, etc.) in a poem
詠ずる
えいずる
to compose (e.g. poem)
詠み人
よみびと
composer (of a poem); writer
Example sentences
その詩（し）は無名（むめい）の著者（ちょしゃ）が詠（よ）んだ。
The poem was composed by an anonymous author.