noun

  1. ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
送り火 おくりび

Contained Kanji Breakdown

escort, send
おく.る ソウ (3rd, N4)
walking radical(⻌) variant
しんにょう
frontier pass, close, relation
to divide
heavens, sky, imperial
テン あま- あも (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)