Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

894 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: petition, request, vow, wish, hope

Kunyomi: ねが.う -ねがい

Onyomi: ガン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおがい

Meaning: leaf

Strokes: 9

Examples

Examples with audio

望(がんぼう)   wish [n.]

書(がんしょ)   application letter

(ひがん)   one's dearest wish

(ねんがん)   one's heart's desire

する(きがんする)   pray

う(ねがう)   wish

い(おねがい)   request [n.]

Onyomi Examples

ガン prayer, wish, vow

ガンショ (written) application, written request, petition, written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

ホンガン Amida Buddha's original vow, long-cherished desire

キガン prayer (for something), supplication

Kunyomi Examples

ねがう to desire, to wish, to hope, to beg, to request, to implore, to pray, to have something done for oneself