忌
taboo; mourning; abhor; detestable; death anniversary
7 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1882.
Readings
- キ (on reading): 忌避 (きひ) evasion; 禁忌 (きんき) taboo
- いみ (kun reading): 忌み嫌う (いみきらう) to detest; 忌み (いみ) mourning
- いまわしい (kun reading): 忌まわしい (いまわしい) abhorrent
- いむ (kun reading): 忌寸 (いみき) Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles); 忌明け (いみあけ) end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)
Components
Words using 忌
- 忌避 (きひ) evasion
- 禁忌 (きんき) taboo
- 忌 (き) mourning
- 周忌 (しゅうき) death anniversary
- 回忌 (かいき) death anniversary
- 忌み嫌う (いみきらう) to detest
- 忌み (いみ) mourning
- 忌み数 (いみかず) unlucky number
- 物忌み (ものいみ) purification through fasting and abstinence
- 忌み言葉 (いみことば) taboo word
- 忌まわしい (いまわしい) abhorrent
- 忌寸 (いみき) Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
- 忌明け (いみあけ) end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)
- 忌むべき (いむべき) abominable
- 節忌 (せちみ) religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat
63 words in all.