zhài

sacrifice to

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

Components
⺼ iconic component

  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of . Depicts sacrificial meat.

又 iconic component

  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand offering meat as a sacrifice.

示 meaning component

  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

 

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

 

Zhài

surname Zhai

Most common words with 祭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

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)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]et-s

tsjejH

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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