祈 — pray, wish

いのる祈 pray

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes religion

U+7948 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1462 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1209 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pray
wish

word

いの ino Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

祈(いの) る inoru to pray 祈(いの) り inori prayer お祈(いの) り oinori prayer

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

祈(き) 願(がん) kigan prayer

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

礻 altar/spirit (left form)

きん斤 axe #69

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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