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Translingual
Han character
祠 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火尸一口 (IFSMR), four-corner 37220, composition ⿰礻司)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 842, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24676
- Dae Jaweon: page 1262, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2395, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7960
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 司
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*slɯ
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| 伺
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 覗
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 笥
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 詞
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*ljɯ
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| 祠
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*ljɯ
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| 柌
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*ljɯ
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| 嗣
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*ljɯs
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| 孠
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*ljɯs
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| 飼
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*ljɯs
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| 呞
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*hljɯ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljɯ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 礻 (“divinity”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- sîr/sû - literary;
- sî - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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祠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sə.lə/
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| English
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sacrifice
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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祠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11959
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Phonetic
component
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司
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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詞
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Old
Chinese
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/*ljɯ/
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Definitions
祠
- ancestral temple
- (literary) to offer sacrifice
- (literary) spring sacrifice
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
祠
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Pronunciation
Noun
祠 • (hokora)
- a small shrine
Synonyms
Korean
Hanja
祠 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
祠: Hán Nôm readings: từ, thờ, tờ
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