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請

solicit
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingセイ、シン、ショウ
Kun readingこ.う、う.ける
JōyōGrade 8
  1. petition

Popular Usage

請求請う申請

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · blue · grow up · moon (月) · flesh (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1656

Compound words

請求せいきゅう
claim; demand; charge; application; request
申請しんせい
application; request; petition
請託せいたく
solicitation
請求するせいきゅうする
claim
申請するしんせいする
to apply
請願せいがん
petition
要請ようせい
appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand
招請しょうせい
invitation
請負うけおい
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
強請るねだる
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound
請求書せいきゅうしょ
bill; account; invoice; information request form
下請けしたうけ
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
請求権せいきゅうけん
claim rights
請け負ううけおう
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); to take responsibility for; to be liable for
起請きしょう
vow
懇請こんせい
appeal
請謁せいえつ
beseeching
普請ふしん
building
稟請りんせい
petition
禀請りんせい
petition
安普請やすぶしん
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
雨請いあまごい
praying for rain
下請負したうけおい
subcontract
仮普請かりぶしん
temporary building

Additional Examples

彼は自動車事故を起こし保険金を請求した。
He claimed on the insurance after his car accident.tatoeba
憲実は幕府に救援を請う。
Norizane asked the bakufu for help.wiki
- 倭は載斯、烏越らを帯方郡に派遣、援を請う。
Wa sent Saishi, Uotsu, and others to the Daifang Commandery to ask for help.wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

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