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Festival Worship Ritual Flesh Crotch Altar 祭 サイ

Kanji
Onyomi サイ
Kunyomi まつ.る、まつ.り、まつり
English ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
Examples 祭(まつり): festival; feast
祭る(まつる): (1) to deify; to enshrine (2) to pray; to worship
祭日(さいじつ): national holiday; festival day
雛祭(ひなまつり): Girls' Festival (March 3rd); Dolls' Festival
お祭り(おまつり): festival; feast; carnival
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 1124
Components 月: month; moon
示: show; indicate; point out; express; display
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 113
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading しめす・しめすへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword ritual
Koohii Story 1 A ritual such as a circumcision: a small piece of flesh from the crotch is left on the altar.
Koohii Story 2 There are many famous penis matsuris(festivals) in Japan. The rituals of these festivals involve placing the flesh of the crotch on an altar.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade3, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_human.activities_culture.art

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