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祠

cí

Character

What 祠 means

1. shrine
2. to offer a sacrifice

Words starting with 祠

• 祠堂cí tángancestral hall; memorial hall
• 祠墓cí mùmemorial hall and tomb
• 祠庙cí miàoancestral hall; temple to one's forebears

Words containing 祠

• 宗祠zōng cíancestral temple; clan hall
• 生祠shēng cítemple dedicated to sb still alive
• 祖祠zǔ císhrine dedicated to one's ancestors
• 神祠shén císhrine
• 土谷祠tǔ gǔ cítemple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神
• 屈原祠Qū Yuán cíQu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳阳市, Hunan
• 武侯祠wǔ hóu cítemple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮

Characters built on 司

These share the phonetic component 司 (sī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 饲sìto raise; to rear; to feed
• 伺cìused in 伺候
• 嗣sìsuccession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 笥sìsquare bamboo container for food or clothing

Characters that look like 祠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 拐guǎito turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle
• 朔shuòbeginning; first day of lunar month; north
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric
• 涧jiànmountain stream

Sounds the same

Read cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 词word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 辞to resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 磁magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈compassionate; gentle; merciful
• 瓷chinaware; porcelain; china
• 雌female; Taiwan pr. cī
• 茨Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 兹used in 龟兹
• 鹚used in 鸬鹚
• 糍used in 糍粑
• 茈used in 凫茈
• 𪉈(a kind of waterbird)