Memory phrase for the character: 祭
祭
Hanzi-Trainer
Meaning
to offer sacrifice
Pronunciation
jì
Explanation
Top: part of body 月 (cf: meat 肉 ), hand , below: to show 示 (image of an altar with a sacrifice on it)
Mnemonic
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A body is laid by hand on the altar: as sacrifice.
Radicals
祭
to sacrify The meat 肉 /月 is placed by a hand 又 on the altar 示 (= to show) during the: Sacrifice.
示
to show, altar Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
肉
meat and body parts
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Vocabulary
祭祀
jì sì
offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
4887
祭酒
jì jiǔ
to offer a libation; person who performs the libation before a banquet; senior member of a profession; important government post in Imperial China
4888
斋祭
zhāi jì
to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
4889
斋祭
zhāi jì
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