Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
worship, adore, pray to
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 拝 【ハイ】 bowing one's head (in respect or worship), worship, respectfully yours
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 礼拝 【レイハイ】 worship (esp. Christian), (church) service
  • 再拝 【サイハイ】 bowing twice, worshipping again, yours sincerely, sincerely yours

Kun reading compounds

  • 拝む 【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)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai4
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • culto
  • adoración
  • adorar
  • implorar
  • suplicar

Portuguese

  • venerar
  • adorar
  • orar para

French

  • culte
  • adorer
  • prier
858 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
966 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
956 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1475 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1884 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
529 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
566 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
585 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1201 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1264 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
766 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
880 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
360 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
268 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1578 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11969P Morohashi
303 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2126 New Nelson (John Haig)
1564 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1686 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
872 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1355 2001 Kanji
3c5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5105.0 Four corner code
1-39-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62dd Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Kun:
いのち
On:
メイミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
465 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 命 【メイ】 order, command, decree, life, destiny, fate
  • 命運 【メイウン】 fate, destiny
  • 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
  • 十月革命 【ジュウガツカクメイ】 October Revolution
  • 命婦 【ミョウブ】 title for high-ranking court ladies
  • 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
  • 安心立命 【アンシンリツメイ】 spiritual peace and enlightenment, keeping an unperturbed mind through faith

Kun reading compounds

  • 命 【いのち】 life, life force, lifetime, lifespan, most important thing, foundation, core, paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love), fate, destiny, karma
  • 命からがら 【いのちからがら】 for dear life, barely escaping alive
  • 貴い命 【たっといいのち】 precious life
  • 露の命 【つゆのいのち】 life as evanescent as the dew

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming4
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • orden
  • mandato
  • vida

Portuguese

  • destino
  • comando
  • decreto
  • vida

French

  • destinée
  • destin
  • ordre
  • décret
  • vie
  • nommer (à un poste)
519 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
416 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
394 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
388 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
430 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
387 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
411 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
671 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
578 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
587 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
997 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
325 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2553 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1303 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1412 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3473 Morohashi
2058 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767 New Nelson (John Haig)
1400 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1502 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
249 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
316 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2844 2001 Kanji
2a6.26 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
8062.7 Four corner code
1-44-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
547d Unicode hex code