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Kotomora

祓

exorcise

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Readings

On'yomi

  • フツ
  • ハイ

Kun'yomi

  • はら.う

Meaning

祓 centers on ritual purification: driving out evil or impurity through exorcism.

Most common words using 祓

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  • 祓いはらい

    purification; exorcism

  • お祓いおはらい

    exorcism rite; purification

  • 祓魔ふつま

    exorcism

  • 祓うはらう

    to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

  • 大祓おおはらえ

    great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters

  • 中臣祓なかとみのはらえ

    grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)

  • 修祓しゅばつ

    purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

  • 善祓よしはらえ

    purification to invite good fortune

  • 夏越の祓なごしのはらえ

    summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

  • 大祓の詞おおはらえのことば

    norito read at a great purification event

  • 巳の日の祓みのひのはらえ

    purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar

  • 悪祓あしはらえ

    purification to cleanse one of sin

  • 水無月祓みなづきばらえ

    summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

  • 清祓きよはらい

    purification ritual

  • 祓い師はらいし

    exorcist

  • 祓串はらえぐし

    tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies

  • 祓川はらえがわ

    river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying

  • 祓殿はらえどの

    purification hall of a Shinto shrine

  • 祓詞はらえことば

    words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

  • 祓魔師ふつまし

    exorcist

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Study

Etymology

祓 combines 示 (altar, religious ceremony) with 犮, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to pulling out or removing, fitting the idea of exorcism.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 示 suggests a ritual altar. The right side 犮 looks like a hand pulling something away. Picture a priest at an altar pulling out evil spirits: that is exorcism.

Reading mnemonic

For フツ, imagine the sound of a sharp exorcism chant: "Foots!" as the evil is driven out. Foots -> フツ, and the ritual purifies the space.