禱

禱 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火土弓戈 (IFGNI), four-corner 3424₁, composition ⿰礻壽)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 847, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24852
• Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2410, character 10
• Unihan data for U+79B1

禱

1. to pray

   默禱／默祷  ―  mòdǎo  ―  to pray silently

   • 吉日維戊，既伯既禱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吉日维戊，既伯既祷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jírì wéi wù, jì bó jì dǎo. [Pinyin]

     A lucky day was wù, and we sacrificed on it to the Ruler of horses, and prayed.

   • 1999, 西伯 (lyrics and music), “上帝聽禱告”‎performed by 鄧婉玲 [Mimi Tang] and 蘇如紅 [Ivy So]:

     神啊　可否聽聽我禱 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     神啊　可否听听我祷 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     san⁴ aa³, ho² fau² teng¹ teng¹ ngo⁵ tou² [Jyutping]

     O God, can You listen to me pray?

• “禱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 祷)

1. pray
2. entreat
3. beg
4. plead
5. prayer

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: いのり (inori, 禱り); いのる (inoru, 禱る); まつる (matsuru, 禱る)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [도]

Wikisource 禱 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

1. to pray