泳yǒng
to swim, to dive. 8 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin yǒngStrokes 8Radical 氵Band HSK 3Words 2
How to write 泳
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–8 write 永.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 泳 · the stroke-order rules
What 泳 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 永 (yǒng, long).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 永 carries the sound.
Words that use 泳
| 游泳 | to swim 在水里凭身体动作前进 运动员每天早上练习游泳。The athletes swim every morning. Lesson 240, 绿茵竞逐与争锋冲刺 · 田园律动与生活哲思 · Country Life, Sport and Everyday Wisdom |
| 游泳池 | swimming pool 指专门供人游泳的水池设施 环境安全员毫不犹豫跳进游泳池排查水质。The officer jumped straight into the swimming pool to test the water. Lesson 515, 防患未然 · 温情相伴与厚德博雅 · Harmonious Living & Primeval Vistas |
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.