祭
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to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 祭
- Common rank
- #1,813
- Unicode
- U+796D
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 祭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祭司权术 | priestcraft | |
| 大祭司 | High Priest | |
| 打牙祭 | to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) | |
| 公祭 | public memorial service | |
| 祭文 | funeral oration; eulogy; elegiac address | |
| 祭出 | to brandish (a figurative weapon, i.e. some measure intended to deal with the situation); … | |
| 祭物 | sacrifices | |
| 主祭 | to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral | |
| 全烧祭 | burnt offering (Judaism) | |
| 祭器 | ritual dishes; sacrificial vessels | |
| 血祭 | blood sacrifice; animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit) | |
| 祭酒 | to offer a libation; person who performs the libation before a banquet; senior member of a… | |
| 祭品 | offering | |
| 司祭 | priest | |
| 祭司 | priest | |
| 祭赛 | to give sacrifice | |
| 祭礼 | sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite | |
| 牙祭 | a good meal; sumptuous food | |
| 祭孔 | to offer sacrifices to Confucius | |
| 祭祖 | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors |
Sound family
These characters use 祭 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祭 sound part | to sacrifice to, to worship | |
| 察 | to examine, to investigate, to observe | |
| 瘵 | a wasting disease | |
| 縩 | the sound of fabric rustling | |
| 傺 | to hinder; to detain |