What is the Kanji for "Worship"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Worship", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Worship" is "拝".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Oga".

Its onyomi reading is "Hai".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 3 parts:

The radical "扌" means "Hand" . The kanji "一" means "One" and can be read as "Ichi", "Itsu", and "Hito". And The component "丰" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "拝" mean in japanese?

"拝" means "Worship".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

拝む: "Worship". The Japanese verb '拝む (おがむ)' means 'to worship'. It refers to the act of showing reverence and adoration towards a deity, higher power, or respected individual. This verb implies a devout and humble attitude, often accompanied by physical gestures such as bowing or prostrating oneself. For example: She worships at the temple every day - (彼女は毎日寺院で拝む). People worshipped the sun god - (人々は太陽神を拝んだ).

拝見: "See" or "View". The Japanese verbal noun '拝見 (はいけん)' means 'to see' or 'to view'. It is used to humbly refer to the act of seeing or observing something, often in a polite or respectful way. This word is commonly used when asking to view something or when acknowledging that one has seen something. For example: May I see that? - (それを拝見してもよろしいでしょうか?). I have seen it - (拝見しました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "お" is read as "o". And The hiragana "が" is read as "ga".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.