Kanken 1
儺

Meaning

Kanji 儺

exorcism

exorcism

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
おにやらい
Onyomi 音読み
ダナ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
21
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
灘 • 難 • 攤 • 戁 • 癱 • 臡

Related vocabulary

2 common entries

Showing 2 of 2 entries that include this kanji.

儺

な

(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

追儺

ついな

(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

村では毎年冬に儺の行事が行われる。

In that village, an exorcism rite is held every winter.

古い都では儺によって災いを払った。

In the old capital, calamities were warded off through exorcism.

人々は儺の音に合わせて門を開けた。

People opened their gates in time with the sounds of the exorcism rite.

儺の面をつけた役人が庭を進んだ。

An official wearing an exorcism mask proceeded across the courtyard.

宮中では儺が重要な年中行事だった。

At court, exorcism was an important annual observance.