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願

petition
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingガン
Kun readingねが.う、-ねがい
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. petitionRtK
  2. request
  3. vow
  4. wish
    彼は彼女の熱烈な願いに負けた。He yielded to her ardent wishes.tatoeba
    彼は念願を果たした。He realized his wishes.tatoeba
  5. hope
  1. prayer

Popular Usage

願書お願いします

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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meadow · cliff (厂) · white (白) · dove · small (小) · little (小) · head (首) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 143

Compound words

願うねがう
to desire; to wish; to hope; to beg; to request
お願いするおねがいする
to request
願書がんしょ
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
お願いしますおねがいします
please
願いねがい
desire; wish; hope; request; entreaty
祈願きがん
prayer (for something); supplication
懇願こんがん
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
志願しがん
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
出願しゅつがん
application; filing an application
請願せいがん
petition
嘆願たんがん
entreaty; appeal; petition
念願ねんがん
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
悲願ひがん
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
本願ほんがん
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
願望がんぼう
desire; wish; aspiration
お願いおねがい
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
願わくはねがわくは
I pray; I wish
お願いいたしますおねがいいたします
please
よろしくお願いしますよろしくおねがいします
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; I look forward to working with you; please do
よろしくお願いいたしますよろしくおねがいいたします
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; I look forward to working with you; please do
哀願あいがん
supplication
依願いがん
in accordance with one's request
誓願せいがん
(religious) vow
歎願たんがん
entreaty

Kun Reading Examples

イエスは振り向き、彼らがついてくるのを見て言われた、「何か願いがあるのか」。ねがい
Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の好意を得ようと願った。
He besought her to favor him.tatoeba
彼は東京銀行へ就職の願書を出した。
He applied for a job with the Bank of Tokyo.tatoeba
この嘆願書は1926年から1933年までほぼ毎年提出された。
The petitions with the same contents were submitted nearly every year from 1926 until 1933.wiki
このとき遣唐大使に代わり、空海が福州の長官へ嘆願書を代筆している。
On this occasion, Kukai wrote a petition to the governor of Fuku-shu for the chief of the envoy.wiki

Stroke Order

19 strokes

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