願 — kanji meaning “petition”
願
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
- Meanings
- petition, request, vow, wish, hope
- On'yomi
- ガン (gan)
- Kun'yomi
- ねが.う、-ねがい
- Name readings
- ら
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #894 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 181
- Chinese reading
- yuàn — Chinese character page
Words with 願
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 願い | ねがい negai | desire; wish; hope |
| 願望 | がんぼう ganbou | desire; wish; aspiration |
| 念願 | ねんがん nengan | one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish |
| 出願 | しゅつがん shutsugan | application; filing an application |
| 願う | ねがう negau | to desire; to wish; to hope |
| 祈願 | きがん kigan | prayer (for something); supplication |
| お願い | おねがい onegai | request; favour (to ask); wish |
| 志願 | しがん shigan | aspiration; volunteering; desire |
| 請願 | せいがん seigan | petition |
| 願書 | がんしょ gansho | (written) application; written request; petition |
| 嘆願 | たんがん tangan | entreaty; appeal; petition |
| 懇願 | こんがん kongan | pleading; entreaty; supplication |
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