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伺

pay respects
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingうかが.う
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. pay respectsRtK
    日曜日にお伺いします。I'll call on you on Sunday.tatoeba
    - 相手をおだてて隙を伺う。It is a skill to praise other person and watch for a chance.wiki
  2. visit
  3. ask
  4. inquire
  5. question
  6. implore
  1. to call on someone
  2. to call at a place
  3. to pay a visit
  4. to wait on someone
  5. to ask

Popular Usage

伺う

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · director · Ken Russel · clothes hanger · coat hanger · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2008

Compound words

伺ううかがう
to call on someone; to call at a place; to pay a visit; to wait on someone; to ask
進退伺いしんたいうかがい
informal resignation; unofficial resignation
伺候しこう
waiting upon (someone)
奉伺ほうし
inquiring about (one's health)
伺い事うかがいごと
inquiry
暑中伺しょちゅううかがい
summer greeting card
進退伺しんたいうかがい
informal resignation
伺えるうかがえる
伺いごとうかがいごと
inquiry
伺い知るうかがいしる
to infer
暑中伺いしょちゅううかがい
summer greeting card
伺いするうかがいする

Additional Examples

誰かが御用を伺っているでしょうか。
Have you been waited on?tatoeba
誰かがご用を伺っているのでしょうか。
Have you been waited on?tatoeba
- 相手をおだてて隙を伺う。
It is a skill to praise other person and watch for a chance.wiki
3階には昔の鼓楼の写真が展示されており昔の南京を伺うことができる。
Old photographs of the Drum Tower are displayed on the third floor, which recall Nanjing in the past.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 伺

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step