This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セイ、シン、ショウ、こ.う、う.ける
Romaji: sei, shin, shō, ko.u, u.keru
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Name Reading

Kana: うけ
Romaji: uke
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Meanings

solicit, invite, ask

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  149
Frequency:  524
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-7-8
Korean Reading:  cheong
Chinese Reading:  qing3
Unicode:  8acb
JIS:  4041

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1576
Nelson Index: 4390
New Nelson Index: 5645
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a8.8
Four Corner Index: 0562.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1479
Gakken Index: 657
Japanese Names Index: 2323
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35640P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0510
Remembering the kanji Index: 1536
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1759
Kodansha Compact Index: 1695
Kanji in Context Index: 878
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1060
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1426
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1550
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1656
Essential Kanji Index: 1190
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1983
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3046
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1799

Words

申請 (しんせい)
application; request; petition
請求 (せいきゅう)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
請け負う (うけおう)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
請う (こう)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
普請 (ふしん)
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
要請 (ようせい)
appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand; axiom
請願 (せいがん)
petition
請負 (うけおい)
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
勧請 (かんじょう)
praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location
下請け (したうけ)
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
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