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Kanji Detail for 臘 - "festival, december, ordination years"
臘
- Meaning
臘 means "festival, december, ordination years."
Festival - A ritual ceremony held in the twelfth lunar month to worship the gods.
December - The twelfth lunar month.
Ordination years - The number of years since becoming a monk.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
12th lunar month
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
year-end sacrifice; dried meat
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
December; year's end sacrifice; dried meat
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A sacrifice name. That is 蜡. Xia called it 嘉平. Yin called it 清祀. Zhou called it 大蜡. Performed at year's end. In Qin and Han times, all used the chou month. Hence the twelfth lunar month is called 臘月 (twelfth month). | Colloquially, salt-preserved fish and meat is called 臘 (cured). Named because it is made in winter. | A monk's years are called 臘. Such as saying 法臘 (years since ordination), 僧臘 (monastic years). Like common people saying "how many springs and autumns."
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