請

請 — solicit, invite, ask

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #524 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せい sei

しん shin

しょう shou
Kun'yomi: こ.う ko.u

う.ける u.keru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 請

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