Chinese Character 祠 Meanings and components.

Form

祠

Meaning

祠 meaning[3] in English

Shrine.

To Offer A Sacrifice.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 祠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to show (示) , and surname Si (司)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFSMR

How to write 祠

To write祠ci2shrine you should write a combination of 示shi4to show , 司si1surname Si arranged in a 吅 shape:

示 + 司 = 祠

祠 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 祠 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 祠, looks as follow:

祠
Pinyin:ci2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Shrine . To Offer A Sacrifice
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
司
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Si
𠃌
Pinyin:gun3 Shape:一
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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