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禊 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「示」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「示」
On
ケイ・カツけい・かつ · kei · katsu
Kun
みそぎ・はら.うmisogi · hara.u
Meaning
purification in water

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Altar 示 with 契 as phonetic: the rite of washing away defilement in water.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 禊みそぎ

    purification in water

  • 禊祓みそぎはらえ

    the rites of purification

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)に入(はい)って禊(みそぎ)を行(おこな)う。

They go into the river and perform the purification.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

禊祓禊祓to pur…祀to ens…祟a curs…祗revere…祚the th…祠a smal…冏bright矻to toi…刮to scr…劼to wor…迥far ap…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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