願 Kanji – petition
The Japanese kanji 願 can mean petition, request, vow, wish, hope.
Meaning and Readings
How is 願 read?
願 has the onyomi reading ガン and the kunyomi readings ねがう, -ねがい.
In romaji, these readings can be written as gan, negau, negai.
Common Japanese Words Using 願
These common Japanese words contain 願. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- お願いします（おねがいします） — please
- お願いいたします（おねがいいたします） — please
- 願い（ねがい） — desire, wish, hope
- 願う（ねがう） — to desire, to wish, to hope
- 願わくは（ねがわくは） — I pray, I wish
- 願書（がんしょ） — (written) application, written request, petition
- 祈願（きがん） — prayer (for something), supplication
- 懇願（こんがん） — pleading, entreaty, supplication, petition
- 志願（しがん） — aspiration, volunteering, desire, application
- 出願（しゅつ がん） — application, filing an application