願 (がん) — wish, prayer, petition

願がん wish

Frequency #7266 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 1 character noun

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がん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. がん[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

wish
prayer
petition

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

がん願 petition

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Words with 願 (13)

お願(ねがい)い onegai request 願(ねが)う negau to wish 願(ねが)い negai wish 出(しゅつ)願(がん) shutsugan application 願(がん)望(ぼう) ganbou desire 請(せい)願(がん) seigan petition 念(ねん)願(がん) nengan long-cherished wish 志(し)願(がん) shigan aspiration

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Meanings

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 願 (13)

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