祷 dǎo to pray
to pray; to entreat; to beg
怎么记住“祷”: 礻 spirit + 寿 old age = to pray. Grandma lights a candle, asks the spirit of her mother to help her reach a healthy old age, and closes her eyes to pray.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
祷 = 礻 spirit + 寿 old age
- 礻 spirit meaning
- 寿 old age sound
Grandma lights a candle, asks the spirit of her mother to help her reach a healthy old age, and closes her eyes to pray.
How it came to be
The spirit sign gives the meaning and old age the sound; the simplified form writes that part more simply.
用法
- To pray, chiefly 祈祷 (qídǎo): to pray (in the religious sense): 为和平祈祷 (wèi hépíng qídǎo) to pray for peace. 祷告 (dǎogào) also means to pray (esp. Christian). Solemn/religious register; bound to 祈.