祈

祈 (radical 113, 示+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹一中 (IFHML), four-corner 3222₁, composition ⿰礻斤)

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• KangXi: page 840, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24640
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2388, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7948

祈

1. to pray
2. to entreat; to beseech; to beg

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祈)

1. pray
2. wish

• Go-on: ぎ (gi); げ (ge)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: いのる (inoru, 祈る, Jōyō); うけう (ukeu, 祈う)^{←うけふ (ukefu, historical)}; ねぐ (negu, 祈ぐ); のむ (nomu, 祈む); のまく (nomaku, 祈まく)
• Nanori: いのり (inori); もとむ (motomu)

⟨uke₂pi₁⟩ → /ukepi/ → /ukefi/ → /ukewi/ → /ukei/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese verb 誓ふ (ukepu , modern ukeu, “to ask for intentions, to pray to a deity, to curse”).

• 誓, 誓約

祈 (hiragana うけい, rōmaji ukei, historical hiragana うけひ)

1. (historical, archaic) an ancient form of divination or fortunetelling found in the Nihon Shoki
2. (archaic) a covenant

• 祈 (うけい)狩 (が)り (ukeigari)

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 祈る (inoru, “to pray, to hope for”).

祈 (hiragana いのり, rōmaji Inori)

1. a female given name
2. a surname​.

Nominalization of the verb 祈る (inoru, “to pray, to hope for”).

祈 (hiragana いのる, rōmaji Inoru)

1. a female given name

Other various nanori readings.

祈 (hiragana えば, rōmaji Eba)

1. a female given name

祈 (hiragana きらり, rōmaji Kirari)

1. a female given name

祈 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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祈 (kì)

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