Memory phrase for the Kanji: 祭


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Meaning festival, celebration

Pronunciation

SAI
matsuri, matsuru

Explanation

Top: body/flesh (simplified from flesh/meat ), hand or: , bottom: show 示 (image of an altar with sth. on; therefore 'to show')

Mnemonic


 
Flesh is put by a hand on the altar: at the festival (of sacrifice).

Radicals

festivalA body part (simplified from flesh/meat ) is put by hand on an altar 示 at festival (of sacrifice).
body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but has the meaning 'body part'.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

まつり  festival, feast
祭る まつる  to deify, to enshrine
祭壇 さいだん  altar
復活祭 ふっかつさい  Eastern
祭日 さいじつ  national holiday, festival day
雛祭 ひなまつり  Girls' (dolls') Festival
秋祭り あきまつ  autumn festival, fall festival​
お祭り おまつり  festival

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