祓
exorcise
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
20 of 22- 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
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.