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η₯­
JLPT N2 SL3 11 strokes Frequency: #1124

Meanings

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

Radicals

η€Ί

Decomposition

βΏ±βΏ°βΊΌε―Έη€Ί

Etymology

Ideographic: Hand ε―Έ holding meatΒ βΊΌΒ over an altarΒ η€Ί

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)
γ‚΅γ‚€ sai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γΎγ€γ‚Š matsuri
ま぀ matsu

Words Using This Kanji

179 words total
Other (20 words)
硐鑘η₯­ γγ€γŒγ‚“γ•γ„

festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

子η₯­γ‚Š γ­γΎγ€γ‚Š

festival in honor of Daikokuten

ζ΅·η₯žη₯­ γ†γ‚“γ˜γ‚ƒγΏγΎγ€γ‚Š

Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

聴η½ͺ司η₯­ けょうざいしさい

father confessor

聖η₯­ せいさい

Catholic rite (e.g. mass)

η£―η₯­ γ„γγΎγ€γ‚Š

(rocky) seashore party

遷座η₯­ せんざさい

ceremony for moving a deity to a new site

おη₯­γ‚Šζ°—εˆ† γŠγΎγ€γ‚ŠγγΆγ‚“

festive mood

パγƒͺη₯­ パγƒͺさい

Bastille Day (July 14)

舟η₯­γ‚Š ちγͺγΎγ€γ‚Š

boat festival

ζΈ…ζ˜Žη₯­ せいめいさい

tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4 or 5)

ι‚„εΉΈη₯­ かんこうさい

festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine

η₯žεΉΈη₯­ しんこうさい

festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine

ζ‹›ι­‚η₯­ しょうこんさい

memorial service (esp. for war dead)

η₯žθ‘¬η₯­ しんそうさい

Shinto funeral ceremony

霊η₯­ γ‚Œγ„γ•γ„

ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

公現η₯­ こうげんさい

Epiphany

冬η₯­γ‚Š γ΅γ‚†γΎγ€γ‚Š

winter festival

θ‘€η₯­γ‚Šγ«γ‚げる γ‘γΎγ€γ‚Šγ«γ‚γ’γ‚‹

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

ζ˜‡ε€©η₯­ しょうてんさい

Ascension Day