Word Meaning 神籬

ひぼろぎ hiborogi

神籬 is read as ひぼろぎ (hiborogi) and means primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table).

Meaning

English

  1. primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table)

Reading

Kana

ひぼろぎ

Romaji

hiborogi

Writing Variants

  • 神籬 ひぼろき hiboroki
  • 神籬 ひもろき himoroki
  • 神籬 ひもろぎ himorogi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 165353 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

かみき

sacred tree

神髄

しんずい

essence

神経

しんけい

nerve

神話

しんわ

myth

神様

かみさま

God

神父

しんぷ

Catholic priest