禊
Information about character(s)
Radical: 示Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 13
Pronunciation
Pinyin: xìCantonese: hai6
JapaneseKun: MISOGI HARAU
JapaneseOn: KEI
Korean: KYEY
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: semi-annual ceremony of purificationCE-Dict: semi-annual ceremony of purification
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.semiannual exorcism performed at the water's edge in ancient times
康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】 禊
【廣韻】【集韻】【正韻】𠀤胡計切,音係。祓禊,除惡祭名。【正字通】禊有二,論語:浴乎沂。王羲之蘭亭脩禊事,此春禊也。劉禎·魯都賦,素秋二七,天漢指隅,人胥祓禳,國子水嬉,用七月十四日,此秋禊也。又西京雜記載高祖與戚夫人正月上辰出百子池邊,灌濯以祓妖邪。三月上巳,張樂於流水。則漢宮中春亦兩禊也。 又【集韻】訖黠切,音頡。義同。
CF-Dict: cérémonie de purification