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祭

jì, zhài

sacrifice to

Depicts a hand (又) offering meat (⺼) as a sacrifice. 示 is a meaning component commonly used in spiritual-related characters.

Components
⺼ iconic component

⺼  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉. Depicts sacrificial meat.

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand offering meat as a sacrifice.

示 meaning component

示  Meaning component

shì

  

show

Evolution

祭 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祭 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
祭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祭 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
祭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

祭  

jì

sacrifice to, worship; to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield

祭  

Zhài

surname Zhai

Most common words with 祭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

祭

to offer sacrifice

祭祀

to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors

祭品

offering

祭坛

altar

祭奠

to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors)

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

際 察 傺 瘵 縩

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]et-s

tsjejH

jì

sacrifice

*[ts](ˤ)re[t]-s

tsreajH

zhài

(name of a state)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.1006% of movies

2304th most common character in movies

1782nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+796D

Shuowen

“祭，祭祀也。从示，以手持肉。”


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