伺 – pay respects, visit, ask

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2209 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 伺 means pay respects, visit, ask, inquire, question, implore. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うかが.う (ukagau). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	うかが.う	ukagau

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: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・亅・一.

Words using 伺

伺ううかがうto call on someone

Example sentences

ワイルダー氏よりあなたのメールアドレスを伺いました。

Mr Wilder gave me your e-mail address.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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