祭 — kanji meaning “ritual”
祭
ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
- Meanings
- ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- まつ.る、まつ.り、まつり
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1124 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 113
- Chinese reading
- jì, zhài — Chinese character page
Words with 祭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祭り | まつり matsuri | festival; feast; matsuri |
| 祭典 | さいてん saiten | festival |
| 前夜祭 | ぜんやさい zen'yasai | event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve) |
| 冠婚葬祭 | かんこんそうさい kankonsousai | important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
| 司祭 | しさい shisai | priest; minister; pastor |
| 祭壇 | さいだん saidan | altar |
| 祭る | まつる matsuru | to deify; to enshrine |
| 大祭 | たいさい taisai | grand festival |
| 祭礼 | さいれい sairei | (religious) festival |
| ひな祭り | ひなまつり hinamatsuri | Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival |
| 後の祭り | あとのまつり atonomatsuri | a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late |
| 祭祀 | さいし saishi | ritual; religious service; festival |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.