Kanji N2

拝: worship, adore, pray to

拝 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning worship, adore, pray to, written with 8 strokes. It is read ハイ (on) and おがむ, おろがむ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 拝見 (はいけん, seeing) and 拝む (おがむ, to assume the posture of praying).

拝

Meanings

  • worship
  • adore
  • pray to
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1443 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おがむ
  • おろがむ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 拝

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 拝見はいけん

    seeing; looking at

    JLPT N4
  • 拝むおがむ

    to assume the posture of praying

    JLPT N2
  • 崇拝すうはい

    worship; adoration; admiration; cult

    JLPT N1
  • 拝借はいしゃく

    borrowing

    JLPT N1
  • 拝啓はいけい

    Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam

    JLPT N1
  • 参拝さんぱい

    going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)

  • 礼拝れいはい

    worship (esp. Christian); (church) service

  • 拝金はいきん

    money-worship; mammon-worship

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.