祭

Alternative forms
In Japanese handwriting, the diagonals of the upper right component cross: the short upper-right to lower-left stroke crosses the long upper-left to lower-right stroke, rather than abutting there.

Glyph origin
– the hand offers a piece of meat at the altar during a ceremony.

The top is not related to but may be corrupted to in calligraphy and handwriting; 癶 also served as the second-round simplified form of the component. The left part is ⺼ twisted to the left (compare, ). The right part is a form of 又.

Definitions

 * 1) to make offerings to; to sacrifice to; to worship
 * 2) a ceremony where one offers sacrifices to one's ancestors

Definitions

 * 1)  Zhai a state during the

Kanji

 * 1) festival