祈
祈 — Pray
pray, wish
On’yomiキ (ki)
Kun’yomiいのる (inoru)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 祈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祈り | いのり inori | prayer; supplication |
| 祈念 | きねん kinen | prayer |
| 祈る | いのる inoru | to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace |
| 祈願 | きがん kigan | prayer (for something); supplication |
| 祈とう | きとう kitou | prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism |
Study notes
祈 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1462 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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