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祠
祠
Translingual
Han character
祠 (radical 113 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火尸一口 (IFSMR), four-corner 37220)
- ancestral temple
- offer sacrifice
References
- KangXi: page 842, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24676
- Dae Jaweon: page 1262, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2395, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7960
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
祠 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 司 | *slɯ |
| 伺 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 覗 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 笥 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 詞 | *ljɯ |
| 祠 | *ljɯ |
| 柌 | *ljɯ |
| 嗣 | *ljɯs |
| 孠 | *ljɯs |
| 飼 | *ljɯs |
| 呞 | *hljɯ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
- Wade-Giles: tz'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ci4
- Yale: chìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû
- Tâi-lô: sû
- Phofsit Daibuun: suu
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /su²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /su²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 祠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似兹切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/zɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/zɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/zie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziə/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sí |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 祠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
cí |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ zi › |
| Old Chinese |
/*sə.lə/ |
| English | sacrifice |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 祠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11959 |
| Phonetic component |
司 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
詞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljɯ/ |
Definitions
祠
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Japanese
Kanji
祠
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Readings
Alternative forms
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 祠 |
|
ほこら Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- (Tokyo) ほこら [hòkórá] (Heiban - [0])
- (Tokyo) ほこら [hòkóráꜜ] (Odaka - [3])
- IPA(key): [ho̞ko̞ɾ̠a̠]
Noun
祠 (hiragana ほこら, romaji hokora)
Synonyms
Korean
Hanja
祠 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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