Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship

Kunyomi: まつ.る まつ.り まつり

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しめす

Meaning: sign

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

日(さいじつ)   national holiday, festival day

文化(ぶんかさい)   Culture Festival

芸術(げいじゅつさい)   art festival

前夜(ぜんやさい)   the eve of a festival

る(まつる)   deify, enshrine

り(まつり)   festival

(ひなまつり)   Girls' (dolls') Festival

(なつまつり)   summer festival

Onyomi Examples

サイテン festival

サイダン altar

ソウサイ funerals and ceremonial occasions

慰霊 イレイサイ memorial service

Kunyomi Examples

まつる to deify, to enshrine, to pray, to worship

まつり festival, feast, harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob, online shaming, flaming, galore (as in "goals galore"), frenzy, mania

り上げる まつりあげる to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs, to hold sacred, to worship

あきまつり autumn festival, fall festival

あおいまつり Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15), Aoi Matsuri

まつり festival, feast, harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob, online shaming, flaming, galore (as in "goals galore"), frenzy, mania

り上げる まつりあげる to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs, to hold sacred, to worship

あきまつり autumn festival, fall festival

あおいまつり Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15), Aoi Matsuri