漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
伺: pay respects, visit
Also: ask, inquire, question, implore
JLPT N27 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 司 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 奉伺するほうしするinquire about (one's health)
うかがうukagau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 伺ううかがうvisit, ask [hum.]
- 伺いうかがいcall; visit
- 進退伺いしんたいうかがいinformal resignation; unofficial resignation
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
司
Also built on director (司)
伺 takes the 司 family's reading, シ (shi).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side伺 pay respects · 司
vs何 what · 可In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cì
Same form: 伺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 伺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 伺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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