祷
禱dǎo
#2,478 most
frequent character
prayer, pray, supplication
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
祷 has 礻 ancestral tablet as the meaning part and 寿 shòu as the sound part. It first meant to pray for blessings. The meaning grew to pray and beg.
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