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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: pray, wish

Kunyomi: いの.る

Onyomi: キ

Composition: 礻 斤

祈

Radical

Radical: 示

Reading: しめすへん

Meaning: sign

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

祈祷(きとう)   prayer

祈願する(きがんする)   pray

祈る(いのる)   pray, wish, hope

祈り(いのり)   prayer

Onyomi Examples

祈念 (キネン) prayer

祈願 (キガン) prayer (for something), supplication

Kunyomi Examples

祈る (いのる) to pray, to say a prayer, to say grace, to wish, to hope

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