祀
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to sacrifice; to offer libation to
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 示 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 祀
- Common rank
- #3,754
- Unicode
- U+7940
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 祀
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祀物 | sacrificial objects | |
| 祀神 | to offer sacrifices to the gods | |
| 奉祀 | to worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc); (of a shrine or temple) to be dedi… | |
| 祭祀 | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors | |
| 郊祀 | pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the sou… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巳 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巳 sound part | the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch | |
| 圯 | bridge; river bank | |
| 汜 | a stream which forks and then rejoins the main branch |