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祭

JLPT N2 SL3 11 strokes Frequency: #1124

Meanings

Ritual, Offer Prayers, Celebrate, Deify, Enshrine, Worship

Radicals

示

Decomposition

⿱⿰⺼寸示

Etymology

Ideographic: Hand 寸 holding meat ⺼ over an altar 示

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 corner top-to-bottom

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 dot bottom-to-top

5 corner top-to-bottom

6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 diagonal bottom-to-top

11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サイ sai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まつり matsuri

まつ matsu

Words Using This Kanji

179 words total

Other (20 words)

学園祭がくえんさい

school festival

冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい

important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

供祭ぐさい

offerings

血祭りちまつり

killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits

元始祭げんしさい

Festival of Origins (January 3)

五十年祭ごじゅうねんさい

jubilee

合祭ごうさい

enshrining together

合同慰霊祭ごうどういれいさい

joint service for the war dead

altar

to deify

festival

enshrined deity

(religious) festival

priest

national holiday

festivities

acolyte

the Feast of Weeks

the Feast of Weeks

school festival

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