Hanja Analyzer
祭

祭 — je, chae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
제사 제, 제사 채
Romanization
je, chae
English
sacrifice to, worship
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, セイ
Japanese kun'yomi
まつ.る まつ.り まつり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#1,124 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
示 (113, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+796D

How 祭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 祭 as a ideographic compound involving 肉, 又, 示.

Korean example words with 祭

  • 제의祭儀 Korean gloss: 제사의 의식
  • 파제罷祭 Korean gloss: 제사를 마침
  • 제주祭酒 Korean gloss: 제사에 쓰는 술
  • 제관祭官 Korean gloss: 제사를 맡은 관원
  • 제일祭日 Korean gloss: 제사를 지내는 날
  • 제찬祭粲 Korean gloss: 제사 때 올리는 밥
  • 제향祭享 Korean gloss: 나라에서 지내는 제사
  • 산제山祭 Korean gloss: 산신령에게 드리는 제사
  • 묘제墓祭 Korean gloss: 무덤 앞에서 지내는 제사
  • 제주祭主 Korean gloss: 제사의 주장이 되는 상제
  • 친제親祭 Korean gloss: 임금이 몸소 제사를 지냄
  • 제례祭禮 Korean gloss: 제사를 지내는 의례(儀禮)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 祭

  • 祭りまつり festival; feast; matsuri
  • 祭典さいてん festival
  • 芸術祭げいじゅつさい art festival
  • 葬祭そうさい funerals and ceremonial occasions
  • 慰霊祭いれいさい memorial service
  • 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
  • 祭壇さいだん altar
  • 前夜祭ぜんやさい event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
  • 祭祀さいし ritual; religious service; festival
  • 大祭たいさい grand festival
  • 司祭しさい priest; minister; pastor
  • お祭り騒ぎおまつりさわぎ festival merrymaking; revelry

Characters sharing the phonetic 祭

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “제”

Other hanja with radical 示

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