noun

  1. ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of Obon).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
送り火 おくりび

Contained Kanji Breakdown

escort, send
おく.る ソウ (3rd, N4)
walking radical(⻌) variant
しんにょう
frontier pass, close, relation
to divide
heavens, sky, imperial
テン あま- あも (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)