祈 — Chinese character
祈
qí
to pray, to entreat, to beseech
- Pinyin
- qí
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 礻 斤
- Formation
- pictophonetic — spirit; meaning component 礻; sound component 斤
- Japanese
- 祈 as a kanji
Common words with 祈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祈祷 (祈禱) | qí dǎo | to pray; to say a prayer |
| 祈求 | qí qiú | to pray for; to appeal |
| 祈福 | qí fú | to pray for blessings |
| 祈愿 (祈願) | qí yuàn | to pray; to pray for sth |
| 祈望 | qí wàng | to hope; to wish |
| 祈盼 | qí pàn | to earnestly hope for; to fervently wish for |
| 祈使句 | qí shǐ jù | imperative sentence |
| 启应祈祷 (啟應祈禱) | qǐ yìng qí dǎo | Introitus (section of Catholic mass) |
| 祈仙台 | qí xiān tái | memorial altar; platform for praying to immortals |
| 祈福禳灾 (祈福禳災) | qí fú ráng zāi | to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) |
| 闭会祈祷 (閉會祈禱) | bì huì qí dǎo | benediction |
English words written with 祈
祈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.