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What is the Kanji for "Visit a shrine"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Visit a shrine", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Visit a shrine" is "詣".

This kanji has 5 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Ita", "Mai" and "Kei".

Its onyomi readings are "Kei" and "Gei".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "訁" means "Say" . And The kanji "旨" means "Purport" and "Delicious" and can be read as "Shi", "Mune" and "Uma".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "詣" mean in japanese?

"詣" means "Visit a shrine" .

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

初詣で: "First shrine visit". 初詣で (はつもうで)' is a Japanese verbal noun that refers to the first visit to a Shinto shrine or temple at the beginning of the new year. This tradition is a common part of Japanese New Year celebrations, where people visit shrines or temples to pray for good fortune and make resolutions for the new year. For example: It's time for my first shrine visit of the year - (今年の初詣です). I went to a shrine for my first shrine visit of the new year - (新年の初詣に行きました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "け" is read as "ke". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "げ" is read as "ge". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". And The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma".