Word Meaning 祭壇

さいだん saidan

祭壇 is read as さいだん (saidan) and means altar.

Meaning

English

  1. altar

Reading

Kana

さいだん

Romaji

saidan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 17414 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

祭壇画

さいだんが

altarpiece

祭壇座

さいだんざ

Ara (constellation)

祭典

さいてん

festival

祭儀

さいぎ

rites

祭政分離

さいせいぶんり

separation of church and state

祭政一致

さいせいいっち

unity of church and state

だん

(ceremonial) mound

花壇

かだん

flower bed

教壇

きょうだん

(teacher's) platform

演壇

えんだん

rostrum

文壇

ぶんだん

literary world

仏壇

ぶつだん

Buddhist (household) altar

Example Sentences

3

かれはさいだんのまえにひざまずいた。

He knelt before the altar.

"If a photograph of the smiling face of your loved one stands on the altar at the funeral or on the family altar, when you put your hands together to pray, you can hear their voice, I think," he says.

Every child who learns, and every man who finds work, and every sick body that's made whole - like a candle added to an altar - brightens the hope of all the faithful.