U+798A "禊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+798A "禊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese and Japanese character that primarily refers to a purification ritual or festival, often associated with exorcising evil spirits and washing away impurities, particularly in the context of ancient East Asian customs like the spring purification rite held by rivers. In Chinese, it is pronounced "xì" and appears in classical texts describing the "Spring Purification Festival" (禊祭), while in Japanese, it is used in terms like "mizugori" (water purification) and appears in the name of the famous Shinto shrine "Kamigamo Jinja" (上賀茂神社) related to such rituals. This logograph combines the semantic radical "礻" (spirit, worship) with the phonetic component "契," underscoring its connection to spiritual cleansing and ceremonial practice.