泳
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swimming; to swim
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 泳
- Common rank
- #1,880
- Unicode
- U+6CF3
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
swim · Heisig RSH #143
水 water + 永 eternity
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 泳
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北京国家游泳中心 | Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games | |
| 花式游泳 | (Tw) synchronized swimming | |
| 连体泳衣 | one-piece swimsuit | |
| 金泳三 | Kim Young-sam (1927-2015), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998 | |
| 花样游泳 | synchronized swimming | |
| 游泳衣 | swimsuit; bathing costume | |
| 自由泳 | freestyle swimming | |
| 高叉泳装 | high leg swimsuit | |
| 游泳镜 | swimming goggles | |
| 混合泳 | medley (swimming) | |
| 泳儿 | Vincy Chan, Hong Kong female singer | |
| 电泳 | electrophoresis | |
| 游泳圈 | swim ring; swim tube; (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) | |
| 游泳池 | swimming pool | |
| 游泳馆 | indoor swimming pool; natatorium | |
| 泳装 | swimsuit | |
| 游泳 | swimming; to swim | |
| 游泳裤 | see 泳褲|泳裤[yong3 ku4] | |
| 泳衣 | swimsuit; bathing suit | |
| 背泳 | (HK) backstroke |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 永 — compare how they read.