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願 means 'request'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 738   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-17    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 31    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 33 words   Used in 115 words   Used in 184 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ガン
Kun
   ねが to request, to petition
Kun    -ねがい
Name   
⿰   meadow   page  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 願 is used 10 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 願 is used 112 times, read 3 ways.
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ガン : 80 words FIND ALL
0
one's heart's desire; earnest petition
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ねが : 29 words FIND ALL
2
noun
desire; wish; request; prayer; petition; application
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-ねがい (read as ねがい) : 3 words FIND ALL
0 5
noun
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
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An additional 3 less common words include 願 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 469 (originally: 446)  Joy o' Kanji : 446  Key to Kanji: 151 

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ガン   ねが to request, to petition   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゲン   はら meadow   
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cliff
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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