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Kanji Detail for 祈 - "to pray, wish, prayer"

祈

  • Meaning

    祈 means "to pray, wish, prayer."

    1. Pray - To make earnest requests to deities; to petition spiritually.

    2. Prayer - A devout request; communication with the divine.

    3. Wish - To hope earnestly; to desire deeply.

  • Words using 祈

    • 祈念 きねん Listen prayer
    • 祈願 きがん Listen prayer (for something); supplication

  • Four-character idioms with 祈

    • 加持祈祷 かじきとう Listen incantation and prayer

  • Tattoo check: 祈

    • Verified meaning: to pray, wish, prayer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いのり, いのる, えば, きらり)

    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 祈

    Given names 祈(いのり)Listen 祈(いのる)Listen 祈(えば)Listen 祈(きらり)Listen 祈(もとむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pray; wish

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pray; entreat, beseech

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to implore; to pray; to request

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to pray, to entreat, to beseech

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To seek blessings. Such as 祈禱 (pray) and such.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    inoru(いの-る) いの-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    to pray prayer wish hope appeal ask beg beseech desire devout divine earnest entreat implore invoke petition plead request seek supplicate sincere spiritual

Sentences including 祈

  • She used to pray before going to bed.

  • I do hope you'll succeed.

  • I hope he'll get better soon.

  • I wish you every success.

  • May you and your family be happy.

  • Say your prayers before you eat.

  • I hope you'll get well soon.

  • I'm anxious that my daughter should succeed.

  • May you succeed !

  • I hope everything will turn out well in the end.

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