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禊

Readings

Kana: ケイ、カツ、みそぎ、はら.う
Romaji: kei, katsu, misogi, hara.u
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

Shinto purification ceremony

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  113
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-9
Korean Reading:  gye
Chinese Reading:  xi4
Unicode:  798a
JIS:  6334

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3253
New Nelson Index: 4101
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e9.5
Four Corner Index: 3723.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24760
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0483

Words

禊 (みそぎ)
purification ceremony
禊萩 (みそはぎ、みぞはぎ、ミソハギ、ミゾハギ)
Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife closely related to purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria)
禊教 (みそぎきょう)
Misogi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
禊祓 (みそぎはらえ)
form of Shinto purification
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