漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
祈: pray, wish
JLPT N28 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
礻 carries the meaning · 斤 gives the sound
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 祈祷きとうprayer
- 祈願するきがんするpray
- 祈念きねんprayer
- 祈願きがん
いのるinoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 祈るいのるpray, wish, hope
- 祈りいのりprayer
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
“A blessing on the left! When the altar "steps aside" to the left, it brings the protection of the gods to the character.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 斤 family reads キン (kin); 祈 is read キ.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qí
Same form: 祈 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 祈 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 祈 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí 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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