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Kanji Detail for 祭 - "festival, worship"

祭

  • Meaning

    祭 means "festival, worship."

    1. Festival - A celebration; a religious ceremony.

    2. Worship - To honor gods or ancestors.

  • Words using 祭

    • 祭り まつり Listen festival; feast; matsuri
    • 祭典 さいてん Listen festival
    • 芸術祭 げいじゅつさい Listen art festival
    • 葬祭 そうさい Listen funerals and ceremonial occasions
    • 慰霊祭 いれいさい Listen memorial service
    • 祭壇 さいだん Listen altar
    • 冠婚葬祭 かんこんそうさい Listen important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
    • 前夜祭 ぜんやさい Listen event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

  • Four-character idioms with 祭

    • 冠婚葬祭 かんこんそうさい Listen important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
    • 祭政一致 さいせいいっち Listen unity of church and state; theocracy

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    • Verified meaning: festival, worship
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read まつり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 祭

    Given names 祭(まつり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sacrifice to, worship

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Zhai

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sacrifice to, to worship

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Worshipping spirits and ancestors is both called 祭. Also a surname. Pronounced like 債.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    matsu.ru(まつ-る) まつ-る

    matsuri(まつ-り) まつ-り

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    festival worship celebration ceremony ritual ancestors gods religious tradition holiday commemoration observance feast offering festivity gathering culture pageant fair

Sentences including 祭

  • I would like to see the festival.

  • Have a nice thanksgiving !

  • Tom took part in the summer festival.

  • The festival came to an end.

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