Kanji Detail for 釁 - "anoint with blood, apply, gap, flaw, omen"

釁

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
釁 means "anoint with blood, apply, gap, flaw, omen."
1. Anoint with blood - To smear sacrificial blood to consecrate something.
2. Apply - To spread on; to smear.
3. Gap - An opening; a crevice.
4. Flaw - A crack; a defect.
5. Omen - A sign; a harbinger.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

smear with blood

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

smear with blood in sacrifice; rift, quarrel

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

quarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice

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

To smear a vessel with sacrificial blood. The Mencius says: "About to smear the bell." | Smearing fragrant substances on the body is also called 釁. Duke Huan of Qi had Guan Zhong bathed and anointed three times. Found in the "Discourses of the States."
Onyomi

kin(きん)
Kunyomi

chinuru

hima(ひま)

suki(すき)
Strokes

25 strokes
Radical

酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)
Related Keywords
anoint blood smear sacrificial consecrate apply spread gap opening crevice flaw crack defect omen sign