Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 祭
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祭 |
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Meaning |
festival, celebration |
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). |
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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