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

11 strokes (also 12 and 19)
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 加持祈祷 【カジキトウ】 incantation and prayer
  • 祝祷 【シュクトウ】 benediction, blessing

Kun reading compounds

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

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3260 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
885 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24852X Morohashi
1253 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4093 New Nelson (John Haig)
2598 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2644 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
648 2001 Kanji
4e14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1-5-14 SKIP code
3424.1 Four corner code
1-37-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7977 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code