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祭 means 'festival'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1110   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-14    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 48    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 32 words   Used in 177 words   Used in 85 names   Component in 11 kanji (3 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   サイ
Kun
   まつり festival   まつる to deify, enshrine
Components
⿱  ⿰  ⺼ (肉) body part  又 again  示 show  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 祭 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 祭 is used 168 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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サイ : 114 words FIND ALL
げ い じ ゅ つ さ い 4 げ い じ ゅ つ さ い 3
noun
art festival
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まつり : 32 words FIND ALL
ま つ り 0
noun
festival; feast  (see also: お祭り)
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まつり (read as まつり) : 22 words FIND ALL
noun
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
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An additional 9 less common words include 祭 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 299 (originally: 283)  Joy o' Kanji : 283  Key to Kanji: 373 

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祭
サイ   まつり festival   まつる to deify, enshrine   
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ジ   シ   しめす to show   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
⺼
ニク body part   
又
また again   
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