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Kanji Detail for 詣 - "attainment, pilgrimage, to arrive"

詣

  • Meaning

    詣 means "attainment, pilgrimage, to arrive."

    1. Visit a shrine - To pay respects at a sacred place.

    2. Attainment - Reaching a high level of skill or knowledge.

    3. Pilgrimage - A journey to a sacred place.

  • Words using 詣

    • 初詣 はつもうで Listen first shrine visit of the New Year

  • Tattoo check: 詣

    • Verified meaning: attainment, pilgrimage, to arrive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    visit a temple; arrive; attain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    reach; achievement, accomplishment

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to reach; achievement, accomplishment

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

    To go directly to a place. Such as visiting is called 趨詣. | The level reached is called 詣. Such as academic achievement is called 造詣 (attainment).

  • Onyomi

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    gei(ゲイ) ゲイ

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

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    ita.ru(いた-る) いた-る

    kei.suru(けい-する) けい-する

    mai.ru(まいる) まいる

    mou.deru(もう-でる) もう-でる

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    attainment pilgrimage to arrive visit a shrine worship devotion journey knowledge mastery pray proficiency religious respects sacred skill

Sentences including 詣

  • New Year shrine visit; which shrines are potent?

  • Being knowledgeable about Japanese culture is a good thing.

  • This is called hatsumode, the first visit to a shrine.

  • Politicians from many countries made pilgrimages to the White House.

  • Hatsumoude means New Year's visits to shrines.

  • I went to Izumo-taisha for my New Year's shrine visit and asked the god of marriage to arrange that I meet my special someone.

  • The most important Shinto event takes place in the New Year, when millions of people visit shrines to pray for happiness and a healthy year.

  • November 15th is the seven-five-three festival, when parents with boys of five, girls of seven and either boys or girls of three celebrate their children's maturation, dress them in gay clothes and take them to shrines where they pray for their children's future.

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