泳

泳 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水戈弓水 (EINE), four-corner 3313₂, composition ⿰氵永)

• 𮦛, 𬠘

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 619, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17328
• Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1595, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6CF3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷraŋs): semantic 氵 + phonetic 永 (OC *ɢʷraŋʔ).

Possibly related to Thai ว่าย (wâai, “to swim”) (Schuessler, 2007).

泳

1. to swim

   • 漢之廣矣，不可泳思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汉之广矣，不可泳思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hàn zhī guǎng yǐ, bùkě yǒng sī. [Pinyin]

     The breadth of the Han
     Cannot be dived across.

2. a surname

• “泳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to swim

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)←ゐやう (wiyau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)^{←えい (ei, historical)←ゑい (wei, ancient)}
• Kun: およぐ (oyogu, 泳ぐ, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 泳 (MC hjwaengH).

• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

泳(えい) • (ei) 

1. swim

From Middle Chinese 泳 (MC hjwaengH). Recorded as Middle Korean 여ᇰ〯 (yěng) (Yale: yeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource

泳 (eumhun 헤엄칠 영 (heeomchil yeong))

1. hanja form^? of 영 (“dive”)
2. hanja form^? of 영 (“swim”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 泳

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: ういじゅん (uijun, 泳じゅん)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: っゐーじゅん ('wījun, 泳じゅん)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, vịnh): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 永 (vĩnh).

泳: Hán Việt readings: vịnh^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
泳: Nôm readings: vịnh^[1][2], vạnh^[2]

1. chữ Nôm form of vịnh (“gulf, bay”)
2. chữ Hán form of vịnh (“dive, swim”)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: うく゚ん (ungun, 泳く゚ん)