Onyomi: キ · Kunyomi: いの.る · Meanings: pray, wish
Kanji for pray, wish
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祈 is formed from the spirit/altar radical 礻 on the left and the character 斤 on the right. 礻 represents gods, spirits, or religious acts, while 斤 represents a tool held firmly, suggesting focus or seriousness. Together, they show a person making a serious, focused act before the gods. From this structure, 祈 came to mean pray or wish earnestly.
祈 shows a serious act before the gods, meaning to pray.
Think of standing before an altar (礻), holding your thoughts firmly and seriously (斤). That focused request made toward the gods is 祈. Remember 祈 as sincere prayer or wishing.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 祈り | いのり | prayer, supplication | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 祈る | いのる | to pray, to say a prayer, to say grace | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 祈祷 | きとう | prayer, grace (at meals) | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 祈願 | きがん | prayer (for something), supplication | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 祈念 | きねん | prayer | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 祈祷会 | きとうかい | prayer meeting | Noun |
| 祈祷書 | きとうしょ | prayer book | Noun |
| 祈りを捧げる | いのりをささげる | to pray, to say a prayer, to offer up a prayer | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb |
| 祈雨 | きう | praying for rain | Noun |
| 祈年祭 | きねんさい | prayer service for a good crop | Noun |
| 祈願所 | きがんじょ | temple, shrine (esp. one at which worshippers pray for favors), prayer hall | Noun |
| 祈願法 | きがんぽう | optative mood | Noun |
| 祈願文 | きがんぶん | optative sentence | Noun |
| 祈請 | きせい | entreaty, prayer | Noun, Suru verb |
| 祈り会 | いのりかい | prayer meeting | Noun |