祭 — ritual, offer prayers, celebrate

まつり祭 ritual

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes calendar religion

U+796D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1124 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1183 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

ritual
offer prayers
celebrate
deify
enshrine
worship

word

まつり matsuri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

祭(まつり) matsuri festival

さい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

司(し) 祭(さい) shisai priest 祭(さい) 典(てん) saiten festival

まつ matsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

祭(まつ) り matsuri festival お祭(まつ) り omatsuri festival

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

つき月 month #74

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Used as component in (2)

さつ察 guess さい際 occasion

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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