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Readings

Kana: フツ、ハイ、はら.う
Romaji: futsu, hai, hara.u
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

exorcise

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  113
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  bul
Chinese Reading:  fu2
Unicode:  7953
JIS:  6331

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3242
New Nelson Index: 4082
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e5.2
Four Corner Index: 3324.4
Japanese Names Index: 1125
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24658
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0427
Remembering the kanji Index: 2993
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2994

Words

祓い (はらい、はらえ)
purification; exorcism
祓う (はらう)
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
夏越の祓 (なごしのはらえ)
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
払い清める (はらいきよめる)
to purify; to exorcise
祓串 (はらえぐし)
tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies
大祓 (おおはらえ、おおはらい)
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijôsai and after major disasters
御祓い (おはらい)
exorcism rite; purification
修祓 (しゅばつ、しゅうばつ、しゅうふつ)
purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)
祓殿 (はらえどの、はらいどの、はらいでん)
purification hall of a Shinto shrine
祓詞 (はらえことば)
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite
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