あい
愛
きょう
敬
　
の
もちい
餅

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
あい
愛
きょう
敬
　
の
もちい
餅
 愛敬の餅 あいきょうのもちい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

love, affection, favourite
アイ　いと.しい　め.でる (4th, N3)
claw radical (no. 87)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)
awe, respect, honor
ケイ　うやま.う　キョウ (6th, N2)
any, at all, in the least
コウ　ク　いやしく.も (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
phrase, clause, sentence
ク　すく (5th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
mochi rice cake
もち　ヘイ　ヒョウ (11th)
put together
ヘイ　ヒョウ　あわ.せる (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)