Hanja Analyzer
禊

禊 — gye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
계제 계
Romanization
gye
English
semi-annual ceremony of purification
Mandarin
xì
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, ゲイ, カツ, ケチ
Japanese kun'yomi
みそぎ はら.う
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
示 (113, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
契
Unicode
U+798A

Parts that make up 禊

  • 示 보일 시, 땅 귀신 기 제물을 올린 제단제사와 신, 하늘이 내리는 일. 왼쪽에서 礻 로 쓴다
  • 契 맺을 계, 부족 이름 글sound 칼로 새겨 맺는 모양맺다. ‘계·설’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 禊

  • 禊みそぎ purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
  • 禊祓みそぎはらえ ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
  • 禊萩みそはぎ Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife)
  • 禊教みそぎきょう Misogi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
  • 禊ぐみそぐ to ablute; to cleanse (spiritually); to repent

Characters sharing the phonetic 契

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

偰 喫 楔 瘈

Other hanja read “계”

乩 係 启 啓 啟 堦 堺 契 季 屆 悸 戒 桂 械 棨 溪 烓 界 瘈 癸 磎 稽 笄 筓 系 継 綮 縘 繋 繫 繼 罽 葪 薊 計 誡 谿 階 雞 髻 鳮 鷄

Other hanja with radical 示

示 礼 社 祀 祁 祅 祆 祇 祈 祉 祊 祋 祐 祓 祔 祕 祖 祗 祚 祛 祜 祝 神 祟 祠 祢 祥 祧 票 祭 祷 祺 祼 祿 禀 禁 禅 禋 禍 禎 福 禑 禔 禘 禛 禝 禡 禦 禧 禨 禪 禫 禮 禰 禱 禳 禴 視

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