祈

祈 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹一中 (IFHML), four-corner 3222₁, composition ⿰礻斤)

• 𛀨

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24640
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2388, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7948
• Unihan data for U+FA4E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯl) : semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).

祈

1. to pray
2. to entreat; to beseech; to beg

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祈)

• Go-on: ぎ (gi); げ (ge)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: いのる (inoru, 祈る, Jōyō); うけう (ukeu, 祈う)^{←うけふ (ukefu, 祈ふ, historical)}; ねぐ (negu, 祈ぐ); のむ (nomu, 祈む); のまく (nomaku, 祈まく)
• Nanori: もとむ (motomu)

• 祈年(としごいの)祭(まつり) (Toshigoi no Matsuri)

From Middle Chinese 祈 (MC gj+j).

祈(き) • (ki) 

1. to pray
2. to wish

⟨uke₂pi₁⟩ → /ukəɨpʲi/ → /ukeɸi/ → /ukewi/ → /ukei/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese verb うけふ (uke₂pu , modern ukeu, “to ask for intentions, to pray to a deity, to curse”).

祈(うけい) • (ukei) ^{←うけひ (ukefi)?}

1. (historical, archaic) an ancient form of divination or fortunetelling found in the Nihon Shoki
2. (archaic) a covenant

• 祈(うけい)狩(が)り (ukeigari)

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 祈る (inoru, “to pray, to hope for”).

祈(いのり) • (Inori) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Nominalization of the verb 祈る (inoru, “to pray, to hope for”).

祈(いのる) • (Inoru) 

1. a female given name

Other various nanori readings.

祈(えば) • (Eba) 

1. a female given name

祈(きらり) • (Kirari) 

1. a female given name

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ki]
• Phonetic hangul: [기]

Wikisource 祈 (eumhun 빌 기 (bil gi))

1. Hanja form^? of 기 (“pray”).
2. Hanja form^? of 기 (“entreat, beseech”).

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• On (unclassified): ち (chi)
• Kun: いぬゆん (inuyun, 祈ゆん)

• 祈(ち)願(ぐゎん) (chigwan)
• 祈(ち)祷(とー) (chitō)

祈: Hán Nôm readings: kì

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