音読み: ゲイ
訓読み: むかえる
画数: 7
部首: しんにょう（辶）
Meaning
Welcome / receive / meet.
- 迎える — to welcome; to meet; to greet
- 出迎える — to go out to meet; to greet someone
- 歓迎 — welcome; reception
- 送迎 — seeing off and meeting; shuttle service
- 迎賓館 — state guest house
The radical しんにょう (辶) shows movement or a path. Combined with the phonetic component 卬 (to raise one’s head), the character conveys the sense of “going out to meet” or “receiving someone as they arrive.”
Notice how 迎える (to welcome) is the opposite of 送る (to send off). One is about receiving, the other about parting — together they cover both sides of meeting and sending.
Creates ...
歓迎 — warm welcome, reception. Very common for greeting guests or new members.