Kanji Detail for 祷 - "to pray, prayer"

祷

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

祷 means "to pray, prayer." Also associated with worship.
1. Pray - To make a request to the divine.
2. Prayer - A petition to gods or spirits.
3. Worship - To honor with religious rites.
Four-character idioms with 祷
- 加持祈祷かじきとう incantation and prayer
Tattoo check: 祷
- Verified meaning: to pray, prayer
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read いのり, とう)
- Also carries these associations: worship
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.
Name readings of 祷

Given names 祷(とう)

Surnames 祷(いのり)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

pray

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pray; entreat, beg, plead; prayer

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

prayer; pray; supplication

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
Onyomi

toh(トウ)
Kunyomi

ino.ri(いの-り)

inoru(いの-る)

matsu.ru(まつ-る)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

示礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)
Related Keywords

pray prayer worship supplication appeal benediction blessing contemplation devotion divine entreaty faith grace intercession invocation meditation petition praise religious request rites spirits spirituality

Sentences including 祷

ペットのためにご祈祷していただける御守と御札が実現しました。
Now there are charms and talismans for your pet that you can have blessed.
アメリカ軍用機エノラ・ゲイから「リトルボーイ」と名付けられた原子爆弾が投下された午前８時１５分、広島平和記念公園では数少ない参列者たちが黙祷を捧げました。
The small crowd at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park stood for a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m., the exact moment an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped from the U.S. warplane Enola Gay.

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Kanji Detail for 祷 - "to pray, prayer"

祷 Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

Four-character idioms with 祷

Tattoo check: 祷

Name readings of 祷

Dictionary Citations

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

Onyomi

Kunyomi

Strokes

Radical

Related Keywords

Sentences including 祷

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祷

Jinmeiyō Kanji

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