禊: ritual purification

ritual purification

14 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 2 words here

Readings

ケイ・カツ

Kun

みそぎ・はらう

Read みそぎ: Shinto purification with water, also used figuratively for clearing one's name after a scandal. 禊萩 is みそはぎ.

禊みそぎritual purification

禊祓みそぎはらえpurification rite

禊萩みそはぎloosestrife (Lythrum anceps)

神社じんじゃに参まいる前まえに、川かわの水みずで禊みそぎをして身を清みをきよめた。

Before visiting the shrine, I purified myself with river water.

その神社じんじゃでは、年の暮としのくれに禊祓みそぎはらえの神事しんじが行おこなわれる。

At that shrine, a purification ritual is held at the end of the year.

お盆おぼんのころになると、水辺みずべに禊萩みそはぎの花が咲はながさく。

Around the Obon season, loosestrife flowers bloom by the water.