Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

    彼は妻に別れないでくれと哀願した。
    He entreated his wife not to leave him.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

Kun
あわ.れあわ.れむかな.しい
On
アイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1715 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-2-7SKIP code
2j7.4The Kanji Dictionary
0073.2Four corner code
465deroo
54c0Unicode hex code
1-16-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
304Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
791New Nelson (John Haig)
2068New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2568Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1310Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1781Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
401Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
428Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1670A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1249Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3580Morohashi
998A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1675Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1790Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1131Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1239Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1804Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
408Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ai1Pinyin reading
aeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
47WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

petition, request, vow, wish, hope

Kun
ねが.う-ねがい
On
ガン
Strokes
19
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
894 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-10-9, 3-3-16SKIP code
9a10.2The Kanji Dictionary
7128.6Four corner code
3361deroo
9858Unicode hex code
1-20-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
255Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6653New Nelson (John Haig)
1845New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2320Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1199Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
135Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
143Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
869A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
428Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43623Morohashi
446A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
581Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
590Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
368sakade
1011Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
469henshall3
637Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
862Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1897Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
137Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan4Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level