Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

1443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: worship, adore, pray to

Kunyomi: おが.む おろが.む

Onyomi: ハイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

殿(はいでん)   front shrine, hall of worship

啓(はいけい)   Dear

金主義(はいきんしゅぎ)   worship of money

見する(はいけんする)   look at, see [hum.]

借する(はいしゃくする)   borrow [hum.]

聴する(はいちょうする)   listen to [hum.]

する(れいはいする)   worship [v.t.]

する(すうはいする)   adore, idolize, worship

する(さんぱいする)   pay visit to worship

む(おがむ)   worship, pray, bow to

Onyomi Examples

ハイ bowing one's head (in respect or worship), worship, respectfully yours

ハイケイ Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern

サイハイ bowing twice, worshipping again, yours sincerely, yours truly, sincerely yours

頓首再 トンシュサイハイ respectfully yours

Kunyomi Examples

おがむ to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects, to beg, to make a supplication, to see (something or someone of high status)