Memory phrase for the character: 祭

祭

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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
 
A body is laid by hand on the altar: as sacrifice.

Radicals

祭 to sacrificeThe meat 肉/月 is placed by a hand 又 on the altar 示 (= to show) during the: Sacrifice.
示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.




 Vocabulary

祭祀 jì sì  offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
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
斋祭 zhāi jì  to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
斋祭 zhāi jì  

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