祠
Meanings
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- 1.shrine
- 2.to offer a sacrifice
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Wiktionary
- 1.ancestral temple
- 2.to offer sacrifice
- 3.spring sacrifice
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ljɯ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): semantic 礻 (“divinity”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ).
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
祠庙 ancestral hall生祠 temple dedicated to sb still alive神祠 shrine祠堂 ancestral hall宗祠 ancestral temple祖祠 shrine dedicated to one's ancestors祠墓 memorial hall and tomb屈原祠 Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳阳市, Hunan武侯祠 temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮[Zhū gě Liàng] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)土谷祠 temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tǔ dì shén] and the god of cereals