位牌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
位	牌
い Grade: 4	き Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

位(い)牌(き) • (iki) 

1. buddhist mortuary tablet
2. spirit tablet

Derived terms

• 位牌所(いはいじょ) (ihaijo, “site of a buddhist temple”)
• 位牌堂(いはいどう) (ihaidō, “mortuary chapel​”)
• 位牌(いはい)を汚(どう)す (ihaiodōsu, “to discrace ones ancestors”)