願 (hope, petition, request, vow, wish) - Kanji Codex

願

hope, petition, request, vow, wish

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ガン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-ねがいねが.う

Nanori (名乗り)

ら

Stroke Order

19 / 19

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:19

JLPT:3

Frequency:894

Vocabulary

ガン

Word	Reading	Meaning
願書	ガンショ	(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
祈願	キガン	prayer (for something); supplication
志願	シガン	aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
出願	シュツガン	application; filing an application
請願	セイガン	petition

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
願い	ねがい	desire; wish; hope; request; entreaty; plea; appeal; prayer; (written) application
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
願わくは	ねがわくは	I pray; I wish
願	がん	prayer; wish; vow
お願いします	おねがいします	please

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