Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
pray, wish
Kun:
いの.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祈念 【キネン】 prayer
  • 祈願 【キガン】 prayer (for something), supplication

Kun reading compounds

  • 祈る 【いのる】 to pray, to say a prayer, to say grace, to wish, to hope

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 れい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • rezo
  • oración
  • plegaria
  • rezar
  • orar
  • invocar

Portuguese

  • orar
  • rogar

French

  • prier
  • voeu
1124 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1573 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3234 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1141 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
771 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
609 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
621 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
631 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
823 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1419 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1086 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
588 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1138 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24640P Morohashi
875 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4071 New Nelson (John Haig)
1128 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1209 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1211 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
654 2001 Kanji
4e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
1-21-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7948 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
request, want, wish for, require, demand
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 求職 【キュウショク】 job hunting, seeking employment
  • 求刑 【キュウケイ】 recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment
  • 身代金要求 【ミノシロキンヨウキュウ】 ransom demand
  • 希求 【キキュウ】 longing, great desire, aspiration
  • 求道 【キュウドウ】 seeking after truth
  • 求道者 【キュウドウシャ】 seeker after truth, one who seeks the way
  • 勤求 【ゴング】 inquiring the Buddha way
  • 欣求 【ゴング】 earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)

Kun reading compounds

  • 求める 【もとめる】 to want, to wish for, to request, to demand, to require, to ask for, to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to find (a solution), to purchase, to buy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • petición
  • demanda
  • buscar
  • pedir
  • demandar
  • reclamar
  • desear

Portuguese

  • solicitação
  • desejar
  • deseja para
  • requer
  • demanda

French

  • réclamer
  • demander
  • vouloir
  • désirer
583 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
478 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
455 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
332 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
137 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
584 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
664 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
537 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
724 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
737 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
933 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1155 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4365 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
943 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17105 Morohashi
3550 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3036 New Nelson (John Haig)
934 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
297 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
478 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1442 2001 Kanji
2b5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4313.2 Four corner code
1-21-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c42 Unicode hex code