詣 means “visit a shrine, pilgrimage, attain”

もうでる · mouderu

Also: visit a temple, arrive

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

けいする, まいる, いたる, もうでる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケイ, ゲイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

Words (言) of prayer with something delicious (旨) as an offering: a visit to the gods. Every New Year millions crowd the shrines for 初詣, the year's first visit, and someone 造詣が深い has gone deep into a subject.

Used in 初詣 (hatsumoude, the year's first shrine visit), 参詣 (sankei, temple or shrine visit), and 造詣 (zoukei, deep knowledge)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.