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願 = 原 + 頁

願 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “petition”. It is built from 原 (meadow) and 頁 (page). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 143.

Keyword
petition
RTK frame
143
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ねが.う, -ねがい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ходатайство
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
願 desire

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 原 meadow
  2. 頁 page

How to find 願 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “meadow” + “page”. 願 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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