This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シ、ほこら、まつる
Romaji: shi, hokora, matsuru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

small shrine

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  113
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-5
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  ci2
Unicode:  7960
JIS:  632C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3241
New Nelson Index: 4081
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e5.8
Four Corner Index: 3722.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24676
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0463

Words

(ほこら)
hokora; small wayside shrine
淫祠邪教 (いんしじゃきょう)
evil heresies
分祀 (ぶんし)
separation of worship; movement of an enshrined deity to another shrine
神祠 (しんし)
shrine
祠堂 (しどう)
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
淫祠 (いんし)
shrine of evil deity
古祠 (こし)
old small shrine
小祠 (しょうし)
small hokora; small shrine
叢祠 (そうし)
small shrine in a thicket
祠宇 (しう)
shrine
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