Chinese Character Wiki

祀

sì

to sacrifice

Components
礻 meaning component

礻  Meaning component

shì

  

show

spirit

巳 sound component

巳  Sound component

sì

  

the hours from 9 to 11

Evolution

祀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祀 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
祀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
祀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

祀  

sì

to sacrifice, worship; to sacrifice; to offer libation to

祀 (禩) 

sì

variant of 祀[sì]

Most common words with 祀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

祭祀

to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors

祀

to sacrifice

奉祀

to consecrate

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-[ɢ]əʔ

ziX

sì

sacrifice; year


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3123rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+7940

Shuowen

“祀，祭無已也。从示，巳聲。禩，祀或从異。”


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