10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

exorcise

Kun'yomi
  • to exorcize
On'yomi
  • フツ
  • ハイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はら 76.6%
フツ 23.4%

Character Breakdown

exorcise
はら.う フツ ハイ (Kentei 1)
show, indicate, point out
ジ しめ.す (5th, N3)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
dog
いぬ ケン (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

purification
to exorcize
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar
grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
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References

Unicode hex code 7953
JIS X 0208 1-67-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3242
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4082
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2993
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2994
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1125
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24658
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4e5.2
Four corner code 3324.7