祈 Strokes Write it Listen 祈 qí to pray, to entreat, to beseech HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 礻 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from礻meaningshìspirit斤soundjīna catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd How it works礻 hints at the meaning (spirit), and 斤 jīn hints at the sound.