The kanji 伺: meaning, readings and stroke order
伺
- Meaning
- ask, visit (politely)
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- うかが(う) ukagau
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hỏi, thăm (khiêm nhường) (tứ)
- Japanese
- うかがう。たずねる。
- Korean
- 여쭙다, 찾아뵙다 (사)
- Chinese
- 请教、拜访(谦虚的说法)
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading · less common
伺候
going to wait on (a person of high rank)
家来が 殿様の もとへ 伺候しました。
The retainer went to wait on his lord.
うかが(う) ukagau · kun reading
伺う
to visit (humble way to say it)
明日 お宅に 伺います。
I will visit your home tomorrow.
Practise writing 伺 in the app
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.