祭 – ritual, offer prayers, celebrate

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#1124 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 祭 means ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まつ.る、まつ.り、まつり (matsuru, matsuri, matsuri). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 示 (no. 113).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	まつ.る	matsuru
Kun’yomi	まつ.り	matsuri
Kun’yomi	まつり	matsuri

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 示 (Kangxi radical 113). Components: 示・二・小・个・癶.

Words using 祭

お祭りおまつりfestival祭まつりfestival祭日さいじつnational holiday祭るまつるto deify雛祭ひなまつりHinamatsuri (March 3)

Example sentences

その祭りはつまらないどころではありませんでした。

The festival was far from dull.

Tatoeba #210541

今度の祭日は日曜日と重なります。

The next holiday falls on a Sunday.

Tatoeba #172166

この記念碑は祖国に命を捧げた兵士を祭っている。

This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.

Tatoeba #222404

Kanji with the same radical

社示神福票禁祉祝礼祖祈禅禄

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