祷
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prayer; pray; supplication
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 祷
- Common rank
- #2,650
- Unicode
- U+7977
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
pray · Heisig RSH #2579
altar + long, gray, beard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 祷
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主祷文 | Lord's Prayer | |
| 做祷告 | to pray | |
| 祷文 | litany (text of a prayer) | |
| 代祷 | to pray on behalf of sb | |
| 祷词 | litany (text of a prayer) | |
| 祷告 | to pray; prayer | |
| 祷念 | to pray; to say one's prayers | |
| 闭会祈祷 | benediction | |
| 启应祈祷 | Introitus (section of Catholic mass) | |
| 晚祷 | evening prayer; evensong; vespers | |
| 默祷 | silent prayer; pray in silence | |
| 祝祷 | to pray | |
| 祷祝 | to pray (for sth) | |
| 晨祷 | (Anglican) matins; (Catholic) lauds | |
| 跪祷 | to kneel in prayer | |
| 祈祷 | to pray; to say a prayer |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 寿 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿 sound part | old age, longevity; lifespan | |
| 筹 | chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money | |
| 铸 | to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin | |
| 涛 | large waves | |
| 畴 | field, farmland; class, category | |
| 踌 | to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied | |
| 焘 | to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop | |
| 帱 | to cover up; curtain | |
| 梼 | wood block; idiot, blockhead |