Kanji

祓

exorcise

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

示部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

フツ, ハイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はらう

Example sentences

祓う はらう
悪霊を祓うために祈った

I prayed to exorcise evil spirits.

桃弧棘矢 とうこきょくし
神官は桃弧棘矢を使って悪を祓う

The priest uses the peach bow and thorny arrow to ward off evil

お祓い おはらい
悪いことが続いたので、神社でお祓いをしてもらった。

Bad things kept happening, so I had a purification performed at a shrine.

神主 かんぬし
神主はお祓いをして、神社の平和を祈った。

The Shinto priest performed a purification ritual and prayed for the peace of the shrine.

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