Word Meaning 針供養

はりくよう harikuyou

針供養 is read as はりくよう (harikuyou) and means memorial service for old needles.

Meaning

English

  1. memorial service for old needles

Reading

Kana

はりくよう

Romaji

harikuyou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 59365 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

供養

くよう

memorial service for the dead

手元供養

てもとくよう

keeping (part of) a person's ashes in one's home or inside a pendant, etc.

水子供養

みずごくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

永代供養

えいたいくよう

services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul

花供養

はなくよう

commemoration of the Buddha's birthday

追善供養

ついぜんくよう

memorial service

開眼供養

かいげんくよう

ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

供養塚

くようづか

unknown person's grave

供養塔

くようとう

memorial tower

針葉樹

しんようじゅ

conifer

針金製造工場

はりがねせいぞうこうじょう

wireworks

針金製造

はりがねせいぞう

wiremaking