かい
開
げん
眼
く
供
よう
養

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かい
開
げん
眼
く
供
よう
養
 開眼供養 かいげんくよう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

open, unfold, unseal
カイ　ひら.く　あ.く (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
eyeball
め　ガン　まなこ (5th, N1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
submit, offer, present
とも　キョウ　そな.える (6th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
together, both, neither
とも　キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
foster, bring up, rear
ヨウ　やしな.う　や (4th, N1)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
eat, food
た.べる　く.う　ショク (2nd, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant