The kanji 請: meaning, readings and stroke order

請

Meaning: request, undertake
On reading: セイ sei、シン* shin
Kun reading: こ（う） kou、う（ける） ukeru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thỉnh cầu, nhận việc (thỉnh)
Japanese: ねがう。ひきうける。
Korean: 청하다, 맡다 (청)
Chinese: 请求、承包 (请)

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading · less common

要よう請せい
request (formal)
助けを 要よう請せいします。
They call for help.

こ（う） kou · kun reading · less common

請こう
to ask for, to beg
許しを 請こいます。
He asks to be forgiven.

う（ける） ukeru · kun reading · less common

下した請うけ
subcontracting, subcontractor
下した請うけの会社にたのみます。
They ask a subcontractor to do the work.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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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.