Memory phrase for the Kanji: 祭
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祭 |
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Meaning
| festival, celebration
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Pronunciation |
SAI
matsuri, matsuru |
Explanation |
Top: body/flesh 月 (simplified from flesh/meat 肉), hand  or: 又, bottom: show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on; therefore 'to show') |
Mnemonic
| Flesh is put by a hand on the altar: at the festival (of sacrifice).
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Radicals
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祭
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festival | A body part 月 (simplified from flesh/meat 肉) is put by hand 又 on an altar 示 at festival (of sacrifice). |
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肉
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body part, meat | This radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning body-part. |
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hand | Several characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又 |
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礻
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to show, altar | The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 祭 |
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 |
| お祭り |
おまつり |
festival |
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