祭
festival; ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship
11 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1124.
Readings
- サイ (on reading): 生誕祭 (せいたんさい) birthday celebration (esp. for an idol or fictional character); 祭礼 (さいれい) (religious) festival
- まつり (kun reading): 祭り (まつり) festival; お祭り (おまつり) festival
- まつる (kun reading): 祭る (まつる) to deify; 祖先の霊を祭る (そせんのれいをまつる) to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
Components
- 月
- 示
- 𠆢 radical person roof
- 二 radical two
- 小 radical small
- 癶 radical dotted tent; footsteps
- 示 radical altar; show
Kanji containing 祭
Words using 祭
- 生誕祭 (せいたんさい) birthday celebration (esp. for an idol or fictional character)
- 祭礼 (さいれい) (religious) festival
- 司祭 (しさい) priest
- 映画祭 (えいがさい) film festival
- 祭神 (さいしん) enshrined deity
- 祭り (まつり) festival
- お祭り (おまつり) festival
- 夏祭り (なつまつり) summer festival
- 祇園祭 (ぎおんまつり) Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
- 血祭り (ちまつり) killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits
- 祭る (まつる) to deify
- 祖先の霊を祭る (そせんのれいをまつる) to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
- 獺魚を祭る (かわうそうおをまつる) one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
- 七週の祭 (ななまわりのいわい) the Feast of Weeks
- 十六日祭 (じゅうるくにちい) Jūrukunichī
196 words in all.