祈 Stroke Order

祈 [qí] 动 1. 向神求福: 祈祷，祈福，祈年。 (To pray to God for blessings: pray, seek blessings, pray for a year.) 2. 请求: 祈请，祈求，祈望，敬祈照准。 (To request: entreat, ask, wish, respectfully request approval.) 3. 姓: (Surname.) 形 通“祁”。大: 如祈寒（严寒）。 (Variant of "祁". Big: as in "祈寒" (severe cold).) 名 假借为“畿”。古称天子直辖之地: (Capital.) (Used as a variant of "畿", an ancient term for the land directly governed by the emperor.) 引 1. 《说文》: 祈，求福也。 (Shuo Wen: "祈" means to seek blessings.) 2. 《周礼·大祝》: 掌六祈。 (Zhou Li: "In charge of six prayers.") 3. 《礼记·郊特牲》: 祭有祈焉。 (Li Ji: "There is a prayer in the sacrifice.") 例 又如: 祈场（向神祈祷的场所），祈祝（祈求祝福），祈死（祈求速死），祈克（祈求克敌），祈祉（祈求幸福），祈祓（祈神除灾去秽），祈战（祈求战胜）。 (For example: 祈场 (a place of prayer), 祈祝 (to pray for blessings), 祈死 (to pray for a quick death), 祈克 (to pray for victory), 祈祉 (to pray for happiness), 祈祓 (to pray for the removal of disasters), 祈战 (to pray for victory in battle).) 形 通“祁”。大: 如祈寒（严寒）。 (Variant of "祁". Big: as in "祈寒" (severe cold).) 名 假借为“畿”。古称天子直辖之地: (Capital.) (Used as a variant of "畿", an ancient term for land directly governed by the Emperor.) 引 1. 《祈父》，刺宣王也。——《诗·小雅·祈父序》孔颖达《疏》: “当作畿字，今作圻。” ("祈父" refers to the attack on King Xuan.") — (From "Songs of the Small雅: Preface to祈父" by Kong Yingda's commentary: "Should be written as '畿', but is now written as '圻'.")