祓 — kanji meaning “exorcise”
祓
exorcise
- Meanings
- exorcise
- On'yomi
- フツ (futsu)、ハイ (hai)
- Kun'yomi
- はら.う
- Strokes
- 9
- Classical radical
- 113
- Chinese reading
- fú — Chinese character page
Words with 祓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祓い | はらい harai | purification; exorcism |
| お祓い | おはらい oharai | exorcism rite; purification |
| 祓魔 | ふつま futsuma | exorcism |
| 祓う | はらう harau | to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify |
| 大祓 | おおはらえ ooharae | great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters |
| 祓戸 | はらえど haraedo | site of purification rituals; place of harae |
| 修祓 | しゅばつ shubatsu | purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event) |
| 祓川 | はらえがわ haraegawa | river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying |
| 祓詞 | はらえことば haraekotoba | words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite |
| 悪魔祓い | あくまばらい akumabarai | exorcism |
| 禊祓 | みそぎはらえ misogiharae | ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc. |
| 夏越の祓 | なごしのはらえ nagoshinoharae | summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) |
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