What does kanji 禰 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 禰 is ancestral shrine.

How is kanji 禰 read?

The onyomi readings for kanji 禰 are デイ, ナイ, ネ.

Example words that use kanji 禰 include 禰宜, 宿禰, 刀禰, 権禰宜.

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禰

Meaning

ancestral shrine

Stroke Order

Variant: 祢 (Legal Form)

5 common entries

Showing 5 of 5 entries that include this kanji.

ねぎ

senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest)

すくね

Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.)

とね

(medieval) harbor manager

ごんねぎ

junior priest

しまとねりこ

Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii)

5 reference sentences

禰宜が祝詞を奏上した。

The Shinto priest recited a formal prayer.

彼はその神社の禰宜を務めている。

He serves as a Shinto priest at that shrine.

祖父の禰に祈りを捧げる。

I offer a prayer to my grandfather's ancestral shrine.

禰廟には父の霊が祀られている。

My father's spirit is enshrined in the ancestral mausoleum.

禰宜の案内で境内を歩いた。

I walked through the shrine grounds with the priest's guidance.