祈 – pray, wish

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1462 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 祈 means pray, wish. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いの.る (inoru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 示 (no. 113).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	いの.る	inoru

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: 示 (Kangxi radical 113). Components: 斤・礼.

Words using 祈

祈るいのるto pray祈りいのりprayer

Example sentences

早くよくなられるように祈っています。

I hope you'll get well soon.

Tatoeba #140573

彼女はひざまずいて神に祈りをささげた。

She prayed to God on her knees.

Tatoeba #91658

Kanji with the same radical

社示神福票禁祉祭祝礼祖禅禄

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