川施餓鬼

Reading

Kana: かわせがき

Romaji: kawasegaki

Definition

noun

1

Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

施

Readings: シ、 セ、 ほどこ.す

Meanings: give, bestow, perform, alms

餓

Readings: ガ、 う.える

Meanings: starve, hungry, thirst

鬼

Readings: キ、 おに、 おに-

Meanings: ghost, devil