Kanji Detail for 禘 - "grand festival"

禘

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
禘 means "grand festival."
1. Grand festival - A major ceremony to worship heaven or ancestors.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

imperial ancestor worship

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

imperial ancestor worship

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

imperial ancestral sacrifice

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

A great sacrifice name for kings. When kings establish the first ancestor's temple, they also trace the emperor from whom the first ancestor descended. Worshipping him in the first ancestor's temple, with the first ancestor as companion. Also, in the four seasonal sacrifices of the Son of Heaven, summer is called 禘.
Onyomi

dai(だい)

tei(てい)
Kunyomi

matsu.ri(まつり)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

示礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)
Related Keywords
grand festival major ceremony worship heaven ancestors