A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 19 strokes

Petition ; Request ; Vow ; Wish ; Hope

Readings on: ガン
Kun readings: ねが.う・-ねがい

願いねがい — wish

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 祈願きがん — prayer Source
• 出願しゅつがん — request Source
• 請願せいがん — petition Source
• 念願ねんがん — deep desire Source
• 願望がんぼう — aspiration; desire; desire Source
• 嘆願たんがん — request; prayer; supplication Source