祀

祀 U+7940, 祀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7940 ← 礿 [U+793F] CJK Unified Ideographs 祁 → [U+7941]

Translingual

Han character

祀 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口山 (IFRU), four-corner 3721₇, composition ⿰礻巳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24633
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2387, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7940

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		祀
alternative forms		禩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
巳	*ljɯʔ, *lɯs
祀	*ljɯʔ
汜	*ljɯʔ
戺	*zrɯʔ
起	*kʰɯʔ
熙	*qʰlɯ
媐	*qʰlɯ, *lɯ
圯	*lɯ
异	*lɯ, *lɯs
巸	*lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic 示 (“divinity”) + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr / sū / sǐ / sī / chhāi / sāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi⁶
    • Yale: jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāi
    • Tâi-lô: tshāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sāi
    • Tâi-lô: sāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sai³³/

Note:

• sǐr/sū/sǐ/sī - literary;
• chhāi/sāi - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: ziX

Rime
Character	祀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詳里切
Baxter	ziX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/zɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/zieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨX/
Li Rong	/ziəX/
Wang Li	/zĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ziX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì
Middle Chinese	‹ ziX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]əʔ/
English	sacrifice; year
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祀
Reading #	1/1
No.	12008
Phonetic component	巳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	似
Old Chinese	/*ljɯʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 祀

1. to sacrifice; to worship
2. (Shang dynasty) year

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Japanese

Kanji

祀

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. enshrine, worship

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
• Kun: まつる (matsuru, 祀る)、まつり (matsuri, 祀り)、とし (toshi, 祀)
• Nanori: とし (toshi)

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Korean

Hanja

祀 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

祀: Hán Việt readings: tự

1. chữ Hán form of tự.

Compounds

• 祭祀 (tế tự)