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拝: worship, adore

Also: pray to

JLPT N28 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 一 and 丰 are drawn in

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ハイhai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 拝殿はいでんfront shrine, hall of worship
  • 拝啓はいけいDear
  • 拝金主義はいきんしゅぎworship of money
  • 拝見するはいけんするlook at, see [hum.]
  • 拝借するはいしゃくするborrow [hum.]
  • 拝聴するはいちょうするlisten to [hum.]
  • 礼拝するれいはいするworship [v.t.]
  • 崇拝するすうはいするadore, idolize, worship
  • 参拝するさんぱいするpay visit to worship

おがむogamu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 拝むおがむworship, pray, bow to

Also read おろがむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
一

Also built on one (一)

All 40
丰

Also built on 丰

Also read ハイ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
拝 worship · 扌 + 一
vs邦 home country · ⻏
拝 has 扌 + 一 where 邦 has ⻏.
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 拜 · bài

拝 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 拜 in both simplified and traditional script.

Simplified
拜 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
拜 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bài 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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