Kanji Detail for 祓 - "purify, purification"

祓

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
祓 means "purify, purification."
1. Purify - To cleanse impurities; to remove misfortune.
2. Purification - A prayer to the gods to remove evil.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

exorcise

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

exorcise, remove evil; clean

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to cleanse; to remove evil; ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to exorcise; to cleanse

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

To remove disaster and seek blessings. All purification is also called 祓. With the meaning of dispelling inauspiciousness.
Onyomi

futsu(フツ)

hai(ハイ)
Kunyomi

hara.u(はら-う)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

示礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)
Related Keywords
purify cleanse impurities remove misfortune purification prayer gods evil