Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
vow, swear, pledge
Kun:
ちか.う
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誓約 【セイヤク】 oath, vow, pledge, covenant
  • 誓約書 【セイヤクショ】 written oath, covenant, pledge
  • 祈誓 【キセイ】 vow, oath, pledge
  • 偽誓 【ギセイ】 perjury, false oath

Kun reading compounds

  • 誓う 【ちかう】 to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • voto
  • juramento
  • compromiso
  • jurar
  • hacer un voto
  • dar su palabra

Portuguese

  • voto
  • jurar
  • penhor

French

  • prêter serment
  • promettre
  • jurer
1478 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1743 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4369 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1036 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1755 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2218 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1395 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1484 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1712 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1655 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3424 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1764 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1142 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35514 Morohashi
2754 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5622 New Nelson (John Haig)
1133 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1214 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1728 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
7a7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-7 SKIP code
5260.1 Four corner code
1-32-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a93 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
894 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 願 【ガン】 prayer, wish, vow
  • 願書 【ガンショ】 (written) application, written request, petition, written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
  • 本願 【ホンガン】 Amida Buddha's original vow, long-cherished desire
  • 祈願 【キガン】 prayer (for something), supplication

Kun reading compounds

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

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • petición
  • deseo
  • anhelo
  • desear
  • pedir
  • rogar

Portuguese

  • petição
  • solicitação
  • voto
  • desejo
  • esperança

French

  • demande
  • prière
  • souhait
  • voeu
  • espoir
368 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
446 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
869 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
428 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1011 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
581 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
590 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43623 Morohashi
1845 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6653 New Nelson (John Haig)
135 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
143 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
637 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3361 2001 Kanji
9a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-9 SKIP code
3-3-16 SKIP code
7128.6 Four corner code
1-20-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9858 Unicode hex code