# 祈 pray

斤 (axe) + ネ (NEcrophilia)
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

KI |

## Mnemonic

| The KEY to effective prayer is to sacrifice something with an axe and then do necrophilia all over it. (If you're praying to KALI, which I assume you are. I mean, who doesn't? Egghead, latte-sippin' liberals, that's who! They're out of touch with real values)

## Kunyomi

いの*る | to pray (used about Christians, but probably not Buddhists or Shinto), but also if you pray in class to pass a test, or pray "please let me catch that fly ball!") . . . .just like in English. 祈る Emphasizes the ACT of prayer, rather than the contents. ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

祈願(きがん) | a wish ☆☆☆☆☆ F 祈 (pray) + 願 (beseech) = 祈願 (a wish) a figurative prayer or wish, made to pass a test or to not go to jail ,etc.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
祈 | pray | NECROPHILIAC | ネ
折 | fold | HAND | 手
断 | decision/judgement/refuse | RICE | 米
析 | analyze | TREE | 木

You pray for a NECROPHILIAC mortician,

but you fold origami with your HAND.

The RICE refused . . .to analyze the TREE.

## Synonyms

pray 拝む 祈る 祈願