Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

  2. exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

    see 節分

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster

On
ヤク
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2123 of 2500
Radical
cliff
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-2-2SKIP code
2p2.3The Kanji Dictionary
7121.2Four corner code
3356deroo
5384Unicode hex code
1-44-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
816Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
646New Nelson (John Haig)
2947New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3665Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2550Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1415Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1519Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1915A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
68Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1829Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2893Morohashi
1859A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1341Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1424Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1116Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1026Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1721Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
257Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1427Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
e4Pinyin reading
aegKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of

Kun
はら.う-はら.い-ばら.い
On
フツヒツホツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
813 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

はらい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3c2.2The Kanji Dictionary
5203.0Four corner code
1371deroo
6255Unicode hex code
1-42-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1828Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2062New Nelson (John Haig)
194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
171Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
738Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
798Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
664A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
904Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11784Morohashi
1766A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
582Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
591Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
555Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1048Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
189Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
855Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
746Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2, bi4Pinyin reading
bul, pilKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level