拝
拝·worship, humble prefix
- On-yomi
- ハイ
- Kun-yomi
- おが(む)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拝む | おがむ | to pray to, worship |
| 拝見 | はいけん | to see, look at (humble) |
| 参拝 | さんぱい | visit to a shrine or temple |
| 拝借 | はいしゃく | to borrow (humble) |
Example sentences
お写真を拝見してもよろしいですか。
おしゃしんをはいけんしてもよろしいですか。
May I take a look at your photograph?
正月に神社に参拝した。
しょうがつにじんじゃにさんぱいした。
I visited a shrine at New Year.
祖母は毎朝仏壇を拝む。
そぼはまいあさぶつだんをおがむ。
My grandmother prays at the family altar every morning.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 参拝 as さんはい — it is さんぱい
- Using 拝見する for someone else's looking; it is humble, so it only describes your own act
Memory aid
Picture it
A hand (扌) held flat with the fingers lined up in neat strokes — palms together in prayer.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 参拝さんぱいworship, visit (to a shrine or temple)
- 拝借するはいしゃくするto humbly borrow
- 拝読するはいどくするto humbly read (someone's writing)
- 拝見するはいけんするto humbly look at
- 拝むおがむto worship, to press one's hands together in prayer; to beg; to get a look at
- 拝見はいけんlooking at (humble)
- 拝啓はいけいDear Sir/Madam
- 拝受はいじゅreceiving (humble)
- 拝察はいさつguessing, surmising (humble)
- 拝読はいどくreading (humble)
- 拝借はいしゃくborrowing (humble)
- 拝命はいめいreceiving an appointment (humble)
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