請 – solicit, invite, ask

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#524 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 請 means solicit, invite, ask. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、シン、ショウ (sei, shin, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こ.う、う.ける (kou, ukeru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	シン	shin
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	こ.う	kou
Kun’yomi	う.ける	ukeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 月・言・青・土・二・亠.

Words using 請

請求せいきゅうclaim申請しんせいapplication要請ようせいappeal

Example sentences

スミス氏は損害賠償を請求して彼らを告訴した。

Mr Smith sued them for damages.

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もうパスポートを申請しましたか。

Have you applied for a passport yet?

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彼は私の要請については何も言わなかった。

He said nothing as to my request.

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Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.