願 – petition, request, vow

19 strokesTaught in grade 4#894 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 願 means petition, request, vow, wish, hope. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ねが.う、-ねがい (negau, negai). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガン	gan
Kun’yomi	ねが.う	negau
Kun’yomi	-ねがい	negai

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: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・小・白・頁・厂.

Words using 願

願いねがいdesire願うねがうto desireお願いしますおねがいしますplease念願ねんがんone's heart's desire願書がんしょ(written) application

Example sentences

私の願いはパリで絵の勉強をすることです。

My wish is to study painting in Paris.

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市長は私達の願いを聞き入れてくれた。

The mayor granted our request.

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私の願いはかなえられた。

My prayers were answered.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順項預顧頑頂顕頻頃

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