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Kanji Detail for 拜 - "worship"
拜
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Meaning
拜 means "worship." Also associated with bow, receive.
Worship - To show reverence.
Bow - To bend in respect.
Receive - To be granted an honor.
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Tattoo check: 拜
- Verified meaning: worship
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read はい)
- Also carries these associations: bow, receive
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 拜
Surnames 拜(はい)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
worship; adore; pray to
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
do obeisance, bow, kowtow
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The general name for performing rituals. Anciently there were nine bows, such as kowtowing, bowing the head, etc. Also 膜拜, raising both hands and prostrating. | In old times, appointing to office was 拜, showing respect. Such as 封侯拜相.
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 手 扌 (te・tehen)
- 才 talent, ability
- 手 hand, arm
- 打 to strike, to hit
- 払 to pay, to brush off
- 托 entrust, support, request
- 扱 to handle
- 扶 support, help
- 批 to strike
- 技 skill, technique, art
- 抄 to copy, to extract
- 把 grasp, handle, bundle
- 抑 to suppress, to control
- 投 to throw, to pitch, to give up
- 抗 to resist
- 折 to fold, to break, occasion
- 抜 to pull out
- 択 to choose, to select, option
- 承 to hear
- 披 open, reveal
- 抱 to embrace, to employ
- 抵 to touch, to resist
- 抹 erase, rub
- 押 to push, seal
- 抽 to select, abstract
- 拂 brush
- 担 to carry, charge, to take on