祭

ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

まつ.りまつ.るまつり

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:11

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1124

Vocabulary

サイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
慰霊祭	イレイサイ	memorial service
冠婚葬祭	カンコンソウサイ	important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
祭壇	サイダン	altar
祭典	サイテン	festival
祭日	サイジツ	national holiday; festival day

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
祭る	まつる	to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
祭り	まつり	festival; feast; matsuri; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; flaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy; mania
ひな祭り	ひなまつり	Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
夏祭り	なつまつり	summer festival; summer matsuri
後の祭り	あとのまつり	a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except

too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder

gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently

article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc., twig, item, stripe, streak

prohibition, ban, forbid

particularly, especially, exceptionally

ballot, label, ticket, sign