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示 (しめす) — altar | Kumi Dictionary

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altar

Radical Religion & Philosophy KMT45 strokes

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altar

しめす

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Alternative forms of this concept

Concepts using this radical

company

show

gods

occasion

inspection

blessing

guess

ballot

prohibition

Nara

signpost

religion

welfare

salute

celebrate

ancestor

ritual

enshrine

purification

consolation

auspicious

pray

drift

help

grate

goodwill

pray

adore

cold

Zen

military officer

calamity

press

sacred Shinto tree

happiness

fief

national or local god

slave

collar

rule

cult

remains

type of tortoise used for divination

exorcise

intense

small shrine

ancestral shrine

imperial throne

mysterious

sound of running water

respectful

hemp palm

curse

salary in rice

fortunate

rice dumplings steamed in bamboo leaves

shut up

garlic

fast

fief

wanton

threat

Shinto purification ceremony

proper name

dense growth

Zen Buddhism

fortunate

social custom

heads of grain

pray

defend

flatiron

gourd

light blue

servant

ancestral shrine

exorcise

sandfish

turn over

whirlwind

white horse

fish bladder

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