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

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
disclose, open, say
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 啓発 【ケイハツ】 enlightenment, development, edification, public awareness, illumination, education, inspiration
  • 啓蒙 【ケイモウ】 enlightenment, illumination
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 敬啓 【ケイケイ】 salutation at the end of a formal letter

Kun reading compounds

  • 啓く 【ひらく】 to enlighten, to edify

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 さとし、 はじめ、 ひろ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • abrir
  • aclarar
  • revelar
  • decir

Portuguese

  • revelar
  • abrir
  • dizer

French

  • révéler
  • ouvrir
  • dire
1197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1205 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1398 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1094 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3820X Morohashi
2763 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 New Nelson (John Haig)
1085 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1415 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
3d8.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3860.4 Four corner code
1-23-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5553 Unicode hex code