The kanji 拝: meaning, readings and stroke order
拝
- Meaning
- pray, bow
- On reading
- ハイ hai
- Kun reading
- おが(む) ogamu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 拜
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vái, lạy (bái)
- Japanese
- てを あわせて おがむ。
- Korean
- 절하다, 빌다 (배)
- Chinese
- 拜、参拜 (拜)
Readings, words and example sentences
ハイ hai · on reading
拝見
seeing, looking at (polite)
作品を 拝見しました。
I had the chance to see your work.
おが(む) ogamu · kun reading
拝む
to pray (with hands together)
神社で 手を 合わせて 拝みます。
At the shrine, I put my hands together and pray.
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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.