忌 — kanji meaning “mourning”
忌
mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
- Meanings
- mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
- On'yomi
- キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi
- い.む、い.み、い.まわしい
- Name readings
- いまわ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1882 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- jì — Chinese character page
Words with 忌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忌避 | きひ kihi | evasion; avoidance; shirking |
| 禁忌 | きんき kinki | taboo |
| 忌み | いみ imi | mourning; abstinence |
| 忌日 | きにち kinichi | anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed) |
| 忌む | いむ imu | to avoid; to refrain from; to shun |
| 忌憚 | きたん kitan | reserve; modesty; hesitation |
| 忌々しい | いまいましい imaimashii | annoying; infuriating; provoking |
| 忌み嫌う | いみきらう imikirau | to detest; to abhor; to loathe |
| 回忌 | かいき kaiki | death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death |
| 遠忌 | おんき onki | anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier |
| 年忌 | ねんき nenki | death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service |
| 一周忌 | いっしゅうき isshuuki | first anniversary of a person's death |
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