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Kanji Detail for 禰 - "ancestral shrine"

禰

  • Meaning

    禰 means "ancestral shrine." Also associated with katashiro.

    1. Ancestral shrine - A shrine for one's father's spirit.

    2. Memorial tablet - A spirit tablet taken to war.

  • Tattoo check: 禰

    • Verified meaning: ancestral shrine
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ねじめ, ねね)
    • Also carries these associations: katashiro

    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 禰

    Surnames 禰(ねじめ)Listen 禰(ねね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ancestral shrine

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    one's deceased father

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Mi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    one's deceased father

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dei(デイ) デイ

    nai(ナイ) ナイ

    ne(ネ) ネ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    ancestral shrine memorial tablet katashiro spirit ancestry clan descent father genealogy lineage kin relatives soul tribe

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