Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail.
  2. to call for, to summon, to invite.
  3. to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife).
  4. to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
迎える むかえる
 
 
邀える むかえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

welcome, meet, greet
むか.える ゲイ むかえ (7th, N3)
lofty, high, raise
キョウ ゴウ のぞ.む
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)