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拝 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ハイはい · hai
Kun
おが(む)oga(mu)
Meaning
to worship; bow; pay respects

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with a form of plants bowing down; joining the hands and lowering the head — "to worship."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onハイはいhai拝見はいけん拝礼はいれい崇拝すうはい
Kunおがむogamu拝むおがむ拝み倒すおがみたおす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拝見はいけん

    seeing (humble)

  • 参拝さんぱい

    visiting a shrine to pray

More words with this kanji

  • 拝啓はいけい
  • 崇拝すうはい
  • 拝謁はいえつ
  • 遥拝ようはい
  • 跪拝きはい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

神社(じんじゃ)にお参(まい)りして拝(おが)んだ。

I visited the shrine and offered a prayer.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ハイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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