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禰 — 18 strokes / Radical「示」

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On
ネ・デイ・ナイね・でい・ない · ne · dei · nai
Kun
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Meaning
ancestral shrine

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Altar 示 with 爾 as phonetic: the shrine where a father's spirit is enshrined.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 禰宜ねぎ

    Shinto priest (rank below the head priest)

  • 祖禰それい

    ancestors

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

神社(じんじゃ)の禰宜(ねぎ)が祝詞(のりと)を読(よ)み上(あ)げた。

The shrine priest read out the ritual prayer.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

禰宜祖禰禰宜suitab…祖ancest…祁great祇earthl…禦to war…禱to pra…示to sho…乃thereu…莫do not迺namely内inside泥mud
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