noun

  1. construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
式年遷宮 しきねんせんぐう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

style, ceremony, rite
シキ のり (3rd, N3)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
year, counter for years
とし ネン ね (1st, N5)
transition, move, change
セン うつ.る みやこがえ (Early High School, N1)
to soar as a bird, to move, to change
transition, (遷 variant)
variant of radical 146
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)
sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
み シ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
しんにょう
Shinto shrine, constellations, palace
みや キュウ グウ (3rd, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
spine, backbone
ロ リョ せぼね (Late High School, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)