The kanji 祈: meaning, readings and stroke order
祈
- Meaning
- pray
- On reading
- キ ki
- Kun reading
- いの(る) inoru
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 示 sign
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 祈
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cầu nguyện (kỳ)
- Japanese
- いのる。ねがう。
- Korean
- 빌다, 기도하다 (기)
- Chinese
- 祈祷、祈求
Readings, words and example sentences
キ ki · on reading · less common
祈願
praying (for a wish)
神社で 合格を 祈願します。
I pray at the shrine to pass the exam.
いの(る) inoru · kun reading
祈る
to pray, to wish
家族の 健康を 祈ります。
I pray that my family stays healthy.
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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.